Dear list members:
We are a group of Family Doctors in Chile trying to develop Clinical
Practice Guidelines for common conditions in general practice under the
umbrella of our scientific society (Chilean Society of Family & General
Medicine). We have some expertise in methodological issues regarding the
development of CPG but we (as none of other specialty societies) don't have
specific and sufficient resources to allocate to this daunting task. Then,
we have discussed the possibility to accomplish our objectives through the
"adaptation" of guidelines developed by others (such as NZGG, NICE, SIGN,
Clearinghouses,...), with a previous critical appraisal of those guidelines
(using instruments such as AGREE), and the use of formal consensus
techniques such the RAND nominal group technique.
We ask for opinions and thoughs from the list regarding
does anyone know similar experiences of guidelines development in developing
countries?
does anyone know how this "quick and (not so) dirty" guidelines development
process compare with more "formal" processes?
Kind regards
Tomas Pantoja MD MSc
Assistant Professor
Family & Community Medicine Programme
Catholic University of Chile
on behalf of the Chilean Society of Family & General Medicine guidelines
development group
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