For Guideline Producing Organizations: Why Require Certification of Guideline Group or Panel Members?

Organizations will require certification among guideline development group members as they are aware that:

• their members may have little to no experience or understanding of guideline development methods
• their members’ experience and knowledge relates to outdated methods or methods that are not evidence-based.

Benefits of Certification

Benefits of certification include:

• Guideline producing organizations can check if potential panel members are certified
• Guideline producing organizations will rely on panels with the same, evidence-based knowledge and skills
• Individuals will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to the development of guidelines for any health-related topic

Main Learning Objectives

After completion of the Guideline Group or Panel member course, the learner will be able to:

• Understand and describe the evidence-based methods to developing practice guidelines, based on the relevant topics of the GIN-McMaster checklist
• Apply the evidence-based methods as a practice guideline panel member