Guidelines Subcommittee
Oversees the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based systematic reviews, practice advisories, and clinical practice guidelines.
Chair: Koto Ishida, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Vice Chair: Alison M. Pack, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
Staff Liaison: Todd Fenton, Senior Manager, Quality Improvement
Job description
The Guidelines Subcommittee oversees the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based systematic reviews, practice advisories, and clinical practice guidelines. The Guidelines Subcommittee reports to the Quality Committee.
Committee responsibilities
- Assess and respond to guideline development, dissemination, and implementation environment, organizational priorities, and member needs.
- Develop evidence-based documents (systematic reviews, practice advisories, and clinical practice guidelines) following the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» guideline development process.
- Collaborate with appropriate external organizations, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» committees, and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» subcommittees; a close collaboration exists with the Quality Committee and its respective subcommittees.
- Continually work to improve the efficiency, output, and rigor of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s guideline development, dissemination, and implementation processes.
- Understand the current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) landscape to ensure final products address diversity and equity considerations and to improve the development process to address DEI considerations, as appropriate.
Member responsibilities
- Serve as an author on three or more guideline panels.
- Facilitate and execute one to two guideline dissemination plans, which include the development of guideline-based tools (clinician and patient/family summaries, presentation slides, clinical case examples) and more on a project-by-project basis.
- Contribute to the continued improvement of guideline development, dissemination, and implementation processes by participating in various work group projects.
- Adhere to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Author Agreement.
- Attend 75% of face-to-face and virtual meetings held each year, an estimated 4 meetings annually.
- Check and respond to emails in a timely manner.
- Vote on subcommittee motions during meetings and via email communications.
- Act as a liaison to other committees, subcommittees, or external organizations.
- Copy Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» staff on all subcommittee-related correspondence.
Estimated time commitment
10 hours per month in addition to meeting attendance.
Selection/appointment
Subcommittee members are appointed by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» President-Elect.
Committee composition
- 29 voting members, including the following:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- 27 at-large members
- One ex-officio member (non-voting)
- Chair of Quality Committee (non-voting)
- Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» EBM methodology consultants (non-voting)