About
The African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) is intended to become a world-leading network capable of developing, supporting and co-ordinating the efficient delivery of large-scale clinical studies and trials in the Africa with the aim of improving the health outcomes of patients receiving perioperative care. This network will achieve this by creating a community of researchers in hospitals across African countries, and by developing the skills and experience of these investigators to ensure they are ready, willing and able to recruit patients into clinical studies and trials adopted or initiated by the Group.
The African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) was launched on 17th November 2018 at the South African Perioperative Research Group Annual Meeting to promote important perioperative clinical research across Africa considered likely to positively impact on patient outcomes.
Annual Meeting
Our APORG Annual Meeting was held on 2 November 2024, 09h00 CAT. This year the meeting also included the election of a new Board for APORG.
APORG Educational Programme
Fundamentals of biostatistics with application of R
Below is all the information, files and recordings for the APORG Educational Programme: Fundamentals of biostatistics with application of R. Should you have any queries, please feel free to reach out to us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tutorial 1: Introduction to R and Biostatistics
Tutorial 2: Group Comparisons (Numerical Variables)
Tutorial 3: Group Comparisons (Categorical Variables)
Tutorial 4: Correlations
Tutorial 5: Measures of Association
Tutorial 6: Linear Regression
Tutorial 7: Logistic Regression
Tutorial 8: Diagnostic Tests
Registration
To register on our new APON platform, please click here
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Newsletters
Please see below the latest APORG Newsletters:
2025
May: All languages
March: All languages
2024
December: All languages
October: All languages
August: All languages
2023
May: All languages
2022
May: English version |
French version
January: English version | French version
2021
October: English version |
French version
September: English version |
French version
August: English version |
French version
2020
April: English version | French version
Regulations
To view the full regulations, please click here
Eligibility criteria
Applicants for African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) membership will be asked to confirm that they are willing to ‘develop, support and coordinate the efficient delivery of large- scale or scalable clinical studies or trials in Africa’.
Maintenance of membership
To maintain membership in the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) members must:
1. Possess a valid Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certificate. If the member’s GCP certificate
expires during their term of membership, a new valid certificate must be obtained.
Failure to maintain GCP will invalidate any membership awarded. Should a newly
awarded GCP certificate not be obtained within the first year of APORG membership,
membership will lapse before the opportunity for renewal of APORG membership
presents itself.
2. Be able to provide evidence of an ongoing commitment to research activity through
participation in at least one African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) clinical study
or trial within a 3-year period.
3. If the member has not participated in an APORG study within the prior three years, they
will have to submit a short summary of activities which have supported APORG within
the prior 3 years in order to ensure membership renewal.
