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Theme II, Breakout Session 3
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Rebecca Burkholder, National Consumers
League
Barbara Warren, National Coalition for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Health
Terrie Cowley, The TMJ Association
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G-I-N PUBLIC Toolkit: Patient and Public
Involvement in Guidelines http://www.g-in.net/activities/gin-public/toolkit
Serving on Clinical Practice Guidelines Video,
by Richard Rosenfeld for Consumers United
for Evidence-Based Healthcare (CUE)
http://us.cochrane.org/serving-clinicalpractice-guideline-panel
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Consultation
◦ Collecting information from the public to inform
guideline development
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Participation
◦ Participation of patients and consumers in guideline
development groups
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Communication
◦ Dissemination and implementation of guidelines;
plain language versions of guidelines; patient
decision aids
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Goal
◦ Foster mutual learning between health
professionals and consumers & patients
◦ Facilitate compromise and consensus on decisions
about guidelines
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Recruitment
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Support
◦ Nomination or open
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Training
Practical
Informal
Financial
 Out of pocket
 Compensation for time and effort
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Moderating – the importance of the Chair
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After Development
◦ Structure of meetings – calls, in-person
◦ Encouraging broad participation
◦ Recognition
◦ Plain language version
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How to foster consumer and patient
involvement? (How to make is easy?)
What are the do’s and don’ts for involving
consumers?
Other?
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Check out the resources:
◦ G-I-N PUBLIC Toolkit: Patient and Public
Involvement in Guidelines http://www.g-in.net/activities/gin-public/toolkit
◦ Serving on Clinical Practice Guidelines Video, by
Richard Rosenfeld for Consumers United for
Evidence-Based Healthcare (CUE)
http://us.cochrane.org/serving-clinical-practiceguideline-panel
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