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British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Evaluation Committee
Submission of Clinical Effectiveness Abstracts
Criteria for publication in Age & Ageing
Abstracts submitted to CPEC as Clinical Effectiveness may now be considered for publication as an abstract in Age & Ageing. The accepted posters will be assessed at the BGS meeting and will be accepted depending on specified criteria.
Examples of criteria that might be used to determine the acceptability of clinical effectiveness for publication as an abstract in Age &Ageing
Audit
- Were there clear audit criteria or indicators against which practice was audited?
- Were these criteria/indicators evidence based or based on sound consensus techniques?
- Was the population clearly defined?.
- Were changes in practice implemented as a result of the audit?
- Was there a second round of audit to complete the cycle?
- Are the methods and messages from the audit generalisable?
Guidelines
- Was there a Guideline Development Group?
- Was it multi-professional?
- Did it include patient/used representation?
- Was the topic properly scoped?
- Was a methodologically sound systematic literature search carried out?
- Was a recognized method used for critical appraisal.
- Was the guideline submitted to multi-professional peer review?
- Were any conflicts of interest within the Guideline Development Group recorded?
Systematic Reviews
- Clear definition of scope
- Clear definition of search terms
- Clear definition of search methodology,
- Search for unpublished data
- Clear definition of appraisal
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