A Hasan Sapci, H Aylin Sapci
Teaching Hands-On Informatics Skills to Future Health Informaticians: A Competency Framework Proposal and Analysis of Health Care Informatics Curricula
JMIR medical informatics
international interest clinical practice guidelines never greater many published guidelines meet basic quality requirements renewed calls validated criteria assess quality guidelinesto develop validate international instrument assessing quality process reporting clinical practice guideline developmentthe instrument developed multistaged process item generation selection scaling field testing refinement procedures 100 guidelines selected 11 participating countries evaluated independently 194 appraisers instrument following refinement instrument field tested three guidelines per country new set 70 appraisersthe final version instrument contained 23 items grouped six quality domains 4 point likert scale score item scope purpose stakeholder involvement rigour development clarity presentation applicability editorial independence 95 appraisers found instrument useful assessing guidelines reliability acceptable domains cronbachs alpha 064088 guidelines produced part established guideline programme significantly higher scores editorial independence publication national policy significantly higher quality scores rigour development p0005 guidelines technical documentation higher scores domain p00001this first time appraisal instrument clinical practice guidelines developed tested internationally instrument sensitive differences important aspects guidelines used consistently easily wide range professionals different backgrounds adoption common standards improve consistency quality reporting guideline development worldwide provide framework encourage international comparison clinical practice guidelines