The 15-point checklist senior doctors use
to validate a research idea.

Before you commit a single hour — run it through the Brief.
Print it. Use it on every idea, for every paper.

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  4 sections, 15 questions — covering novelty, PICO structure, data feasibility, and practical feasibility.
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  A 10-minute decision rule — score your idea out of 15 and know whether to proceed, refine, or discard.
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  A worked example — applied to a real neurosurgical paper, showing how the framework leads to submission in 3 weeks.
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  Print-ready format — 2 pages, designed to live on your desk and your clinic noticeboard.