G-I-N PUBLIC
G-I-N PUBLIC is a working group of researchers, health professionals and consumers who promote ways to inform and involve the public in clinical guideline activity around the world.
G-I-N PUBLIC uses a wiki website to exchange information about involving patients and the public in guideline development. You can find information about projects in various countries, practical information such as handbooks on public involvement and lots of literature references. For more information please follow this link www.ginppi.wetpaint.com
G-I-N Public Pre-Conference Course
Registration is now open! August 25, 2010, Chicago, USA
Interested but challenged by patient and public involvement? The course will provide you with practical ways to develop high quality patient-oriented guidelines.
This workshop will support mentoring and exchange between guideline organisations that have different levels of experience with patient and public involvement. It will offer opportunities for guideline organisations to discuss challenges and explore practical solutions to foster the development of high quality patient-oriented guidelines.
Maximum number of participants: 50
For more information on the course click here.
Aims and objectives
The main objective of the G-I-N PUBLIC Working Group is to promote ways to inform and involve the public in clinical guideline activity around the world. G-I-N PUBLIC offers a forum of exchange between patient and public organisations, CPG developers, and researchers. This is mainly done through our wiki website, and by holding workshops and presentations at conferences such as the G-I-N annual meeting.
Specific aims are to:
- Synthesise the evidence on effective patient and public involvement ;
- Develop standard methods on patient involvement in CPG development and implementation;
- Set an international research agenda, including how to measure and evaluate patient involvement
- Online web forum for discussion and exchange on key issues in patient and public involvement in CPG (ex. evaluation, recruitment, training, support) at www.ginppi.wetpaint.com;
The Working Group had their first meeting in the Netherlands, in October 2007. Since then they have had many teleconference meetings, and have hosted workshops and lectures at G-I-N's annual meetings in Helsinki (2008) and Lisbon (2009) (click here for the slides). In 2008 several members of the steering committee started a systematic literature review on patient and public involvement in guidelines. The next major event will be a preconference workshop at the G-I-N meeting in Agust 2010 in Chicago, registration is open!
