GRADE Working Group

This year the GRADE working group celebrates its 25 year anniversary! ?? Stay tuned for more information on special events!

Dear all, if you are interested in the guideline science and related areas, you know that you probably should not miss the GIN conference abstract deadline that is approaching.? See here for more information. https://lnkd.in/gXDR3PUp ? Here are the themes for the plenary sessions but all submissions are welcome: 1) Going beyond health: Building Partnerships and Strengthening Collaboration for Health In All Policies? 2) Harnessing Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Digital Innovations in Guideline Development and Implementation? 3) Innovative approaches to develop and scale up guidelines for better Planetary Health? 4) Building Trust in Science and Transforming Health Systems through Guidelines? 5) A Unified Framework for Health Decision-Making and Informing Research? ?

Here is the GRADE Working Group's December 2024 newsletter.

Dear all, there is going to be a few updates soon through our newsletter, but here is a reminder to sign up for the GRADE WG meeting in Shanghai on April 8 and 9 2025, if you plan to attend in person : https://lnkd.in/g8yHpsAf (information about logistics are here provided on the GRADE teams channel - see prior posting about how to sign up). ? And here is a link to submitting agenda items: https://lnkd.in/d6s2Jsaw

Last year we published this GRADE Article to describe what basic GRADE is, when to state GRADE has been used and what makes articles about GRADE official. The article has received a lot of interest from GRADE users. This short video, prepared for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology at the time, explains the minimal requirements for using GRADE and provides the context for this article: https://bit.ly/4giNXs5 It can also be downloaded here from the JCE: https://lnkd.in/dQj4GwAg

The GRADE working group welcomes the Colombia GRADE Network! ??????

The first GRADE working group newsletter! Get up to speed about new GRADE guidance papers, events of the GRADE centers and networks, and the new GRADE handbook. Feedback welcome! GRADE Working Group

Request for nomination of GRADE Guidance Group (GGG/G3) members by October7, 2024 Dear all, Two seats on the GRADE Guidance Group (GGG) are to be filled for a 6-year term in the fall of 2024.? We invite GRADE members to nominate or self-nominate members for participation in the GGG. The criteria for membership in the GGG previously are listed in the appendix below.? ? GRADE has a 2-step election process: After the nominations or self-nominations are received the GGG will vote on candidates for proceeding to the next phase. The GGG will then request a 300-word nomination package from the top five candidates to be prepared within one to two weeks and followed by a secret ballot of the remaining GGG members?once the nomination package is received. The GGG will provide brief instructions for the nomination package.? ? Please see our information for how to sign up to our Teams channel to sign up for the GRADE Working Group (attached) or DM us here. With kind regards, Holger on behalf of the GGG ? Appendix: Criteria for membership in the GRADE Guidance Group (GGG) Essential criteria Regular attendance at GRADE meetings Active participation in GRADE activities.? This could include any of the following (examples only): - active role in GRADE Working Group initiatives - active role in a current GRADE project group - leadership in a GRADE center or network Commitment both to prioritize participation in GRADE Guidance Group meetings (held approximately every four to six weeks) and?to set time aside to participate actively?in tasks of the GRADE Guidance Group ? Additional desirable criterion Leadership in an organization that uses GRADE ? The choice of members must ensure Maintenance of geographic diversity within the GGG Maintenance of more or less equal gender distribution in the GGG (two male members have rotated or are rotating off) ?

You can access the new GRADE Book here: book.GRADEpro.org Please read the about section to find out about the AI tool and for how to provide feedback to help us improve the GRADE book - the working group's official "go to" and "up to date" resource for everything GRADE (https://lnkd.in/ds69XrEP). It not only summarizes existing official GRADE articles in practical ways providing sanctioned core principles but also provides information about new guidance and builds on the original GRADE Handbook that will be replaced iteratively over the next little while.

Ignacio Neumann introducing the new GRADE book at #GES2024