A pre-NARRTC workshop for NIDRR Grantees
Is GRADE "The One" for Disability and Rehabilitation Research?
Sunday, May 2, 2010 (1:00-5:00 PM)
Rating the quality of research evidence and strength of recommendations for evidence-based clinical guidelines/practice is an important issue in the field. This hands-on, interactive workshop will examine GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) within the context of disability/rehabilitation research. Dr. Jan Brożek of the GRADE Working Group will share the steps in the conceptual process to reach the current rating of evidence and recommendations. Discussion will center on the "fit" for GRADE within the disability/rehabilitation arena.
Co-sponsored by the NCDDR and the MSKTC, the workshop is a follow-up to "Rating the Strength of Evidence and Recommendations for Disability and Rehabilitation Research" held in November 2009 that described the nuts-and-bolts of GRADE and how to use the GRADE-Pro software. For those who were not able to attend that workshop, the NCDDR is planning a webcast to share this information (April 14, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT).
The workshop will provide:
- Brief overview of the GRADE system for rating evidence and the strength of recommendations
- An interactive session on the process of developing GRADE, with relevant examples
- Discussion focusing on the application of the GRADE system in the context of disability and rehabilitation research
All NIDRR grantees/staff are invited to participate
- DATE: May 2, 2010, 1:00 - 5:00 PM
- LOCATION: Hilton Alexandria Old Town (NARRTC conference hotel)
1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-837-0440. - REGISTER: http://survey.sedl.org/efm/wsb.dll/s/1g86
There is a limit of 35 participants. Please register by April 23, 2010.
No cost for NIDRR grantees/staff to attend; participants are responsible for travel expenses. - Afternoon refreshment break provided.
- Advance Preparation for Workshop
When making your hotel reservation, call 800-445-8667 and indicate you are with the "2010 NARRTC" group. In order to receive the conference rate ($199), your reservation must be made by April 1, 2010. You also can book your hotel reservations online.
About the Presenter
Dr. Jan Brożek is a general internist with special interest in allergy and immunology. He is currently an assistant professor in the department of Clinical
Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University (Ontario). He has been involved in the efforts of the GRADE Working Group and the development of software (GRADEpro) to facilitate the creation of evidence summaries for systematic reviews and guideline panels. He is a member of the Cochrane Collaboration's Applicability and Recommendations Methods Group and serves as Co-Chair of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) Special Committee on Evidence Based Medicine and Methodology.
About GRADE: The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group "has developed a common, sensible, and transparent approach to grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations." Recommendations to administer, or not administer, an intervention, should be based on the tradeoffs between benefits on the one hand, and risks, burden and, potentially, costs on the other. GRADE attempts to serve as a single system that avoids shortcomings seen in numerous complex systems and minimizes bias. Nearly 40 national and international organizations, including AHRQ, WHO, and the Cochrane Collaboration have endorsed the GRADE approach since it began in 2000.
Publications: http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/publications/index.htm
GRADEpro software: http://ims.cochrane.org/revman/gradepro
From: http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/intro.htm
http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/FAQ/index.htm
http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/society/index.htm
Please contact Joann Starks at 800-266-1832 or joann.starks@sedl.org if you have any questions.
