[EQ] SIGN 50. A Guideline developer's handbook

 

SIGN 50. A Guideline developer’s handbook

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network  - Revised Edition, January 2008

 

Available online as PDF file [110p.] at: http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign50.pdf

 

“….The principal aim of this manual is to provide a reference tool that may be used by individual members of guideline development groups as they work through the development process. SIGN 50 is structured to follow the guideline development process from beginning to end, taking each step in turn.

 

It starts with the context of guideline development in Scotland, and progresses from first proposal of a new topic to final publication and implementation of the guideline….”

 

“….The accepted criteria for validity of guidelines have evolved from the ‘essential elements of good guidelines’ identified by the US Institute of Medicine in 1990.³ These recommended ‘attributes of good guidelines’ included validity, reliability, clinical applicability, clinical flexibility, clarity, multidisciplinary process, scheduled review, and documentation.

The recommendations were underpinned by the twin themes of credibility and accountability: “The link between a set of guidelines and the scientific evidence must be explicit, and scientific and clinical evidence should take precedence over expert judgement.” SIGN’s original Criteria for Appraisal of Clinical Guidelines for National Use,⁴ and the more recent AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation for Europe) guideline appraisal instrument⁵ are based on these founding principles of guideline development. …”

 

Content:

 

1.       Introduction

2.       Organisation of guideline development

3.       Selection of guideline topics

4.       Involving patients and their representatives

5.       The guideline development group

6.       Systematic literature review

7.       Forming guideline recommendations

8.       Consultation and peer review

9.       Presentation and dissemination

10.    Implementation

·         References

·         Annex A

·         Annex B

·         Annex C

·         Annex D

 

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