Guidelines network conference coming up

ACP members are invited to attend the 10th Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) conference, to be held in San Francisco Aug. 18-21.

Long-term participants as well as new professionals who are passionate about high-quality guidelines will gather for the meeting. ACP is an active member of G-I-N and will be supporting the conference. Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, FACP, director of clinical policy for ACP, is the current chair of G-I-N.

The conference features plenary speakers from all over the world, with an opening address by Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, the first executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). There is also a full day of educational courses on Sunday, Aug. 18, covering various guideline-related topics, including GRADE, developing guidelines to include lay expertise and health economics, and a master class in guideline implementation, as well as a two-hour AGREE II workshop. Registration for both the conference and the courses is available online.