Introduction

The Clinical and Translational Research Incubator (CITRIC) at the Medical College, Aga Khan University, has been established to transform research by creating a centralized space to incubate clinical and translational research projects, enabling them to become large extramurally funded programmes with significant national and international impact. The projects at CITRIC will have a high impact on the populations that AKU serves, will be of highest peer-reviewed reproducible quality, will provide access to research resources, and will be contextually aligned with the local needs. CITRIC also houses the Dean’s Clinical Research Fellowship (DCRF) programme along with various research centres, including but not limited to, the Centre for Trauma and Emergencies, Centre for Patient Safety and Centre for Global Surgical Care.

The Centre for Patient Safety (CPS), CITRIC at Aga Khan University, Medical College, is a multi-disciplinary research, teaching, learn...