Join us in Cleveland, OH!

Our next Guideline Development Workshop using the GRADE approach will be held in Cleveland, OH from May 2nd through 4th, 2018. More information, including a proposed agenda, registration, and hotel information can be found at http://gradeconf.org/. As with every workshop, we encourage you to bring examples of your work and questions to discuss with participants at the workshop and the faculty.



We hope to see you there!

It's been a DTA kind of year

We started 2016 in Minneapolis by hosting our regular Guideline Development Workshop focused on making recommendations about diagnostic tests and test strategies. In 2016, the GRADE Working Group released guidance on decision making about diagnostic tests. That paper can be found here. Our Spring workshop featured three days of guideline development materials tailored for tests and test strategies, including a pre-course systematic review workshop on how to meta-analyzing this material. Dr. Holger Schünemann provided guest lectures and support during the small group exercises.



Earlier this week, in collaboration with the Dutch GRADE Network and Barcelona GRADE Center, Dr. Reem Mustafa kicked off a similar workshop on diagnostic test accuracy (DTA).



Many resources have been released detailing the advancements in DTA decision making. A few are listed below:

• Decision-making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies series. Paper 1: testing to improve people's health: a new series
• Decision-Making about Healthcare Related Tests and Diagnostic Strategies: User Testing of GRADE Evidence Tables