Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation

When properly developed, clinical practice guidelines have the potential to improve the quality of patient care, reduce inappropriate variations in practice, promote efficient use of resources, identify knowledge gaps, and prioritize future research activities. However, expertise in guideline science and application is necessary to achieve these goals. The Guidelines Institute will help participants learn more about the methodological underpinnings of clinical practice guidelines. Aimed at practicing clinicians, the Guidelines Institute will consist of a participatory skills-focused workshop designed to close the knowledge-to-practice gap by equipping participants with the capacity and knowledge needed to produce, share, promote and evaluate evidence-based guidelines. By fostering the development of a shared knowledge base, and encouraging networking and collaboration among participants and the organizations they represent, the Guidelines Institute will facilitate the development of communities of clinicians who have the capacity to effectively champion evidence-based decision-making. This workshop will be open to clinicians from a range of specialties. It is anticipated that participants with varied clinical interests will be able to contribute to a rich collective knowledge base. For participants who share similar scopes of practice, the workshop will offer vital opportunities for collaboration in the development, endorsement and implementation of relevant clinical practice guidelines.