Healthcare Professionals
1. Free online course: Understanding Evidence-based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action - Course for Physicians
2. Instructional video: Consumer Involvement in Guideline Development: Why and How to Participate (Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH)
3. CUE "short-shorts": Introduction to Participation on Advisory Panel
4. Case study series: Consumer Engagement on Advisory Panels
5. Pocket cards: Printable handouts with helpful hints
6. G-I-N Toolkit
7. Mock advisory panel video: Exploring the interpersonal dynamics of advisory panel participation
1. Free online course: Understanding Evidence-based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action - Course for Physicians
This web course has been created by the United States Cochrane Center as part of a project undertaken by Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare (CUE), and is designed to help consumer advocates understand the fundamentals of evidence-based healthcare concepts and skills. Registration is open and free of charge. Participants are encouraged to finish the course in three months.
For more information about this course, please click here.
2. Instructional video: Consumer Involvement in Guideline Development: Why and How to Participate (Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH)
This video, written and recorded for CUE by Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, explains the guidelines development process and the need for educated consumers to be involved in that process.
3. CUE "short-shorts": Introduction to Participation on Advisory Panel
Serving on Advisory Panels: Patients/Consumers & other Stakeholders
These are the first 6 videos in CUE's series of "short-shorts" about serving on advisory panels. Feedback is welcome! CUE@jhu.edu
Video 1: When you are Asked to Serve on an Advisory Panel
Video 2. How to Successfully Contribute on an Advisory Panel
Video 3. How to Avoid Pitfalls When Serving on an Advisory Panel
Video 4: How a Chair Can Encourage Consumer Contribution
Video 5: The Value of Consumer Contribution on an Advisory Panel
Video 6: Resources for Consumer Contribution on an Advisory Panel
4. Case study series: Consumer Engagement on Advisory Panels
Serving on Advisory Panels: Consumers/Patients and Health Professionals
Video 1: Why should advisory panels engage consumers to participate?
Target audience: Health professionals/advisory panel members
Experience level: Moderate
Video 2: How to engage with consumers on advisory panels?
Target audience: Health professionals/advisory panel members
Experience level: Moderate
Video 3: How to identify consumers as members of an advisory panel?
Target audience: Health professionals/advisory panel organizers
Experience level: Moderate
Video 4: Preparing for consumer engagement on an advisory panel
Target audience: Health professionals/advisory panel organizers
Experience level: High
5. Pocket cards: Printable handouts with helpful hints
This handout provides an organized summaries or "take home messages" from each case study presented. The pocket card lists items to remember for consumer representatives participating on advisory panels. Consumer representatives can use these pocket cards as study material before serving on an advisory people or can even print it out and bring it with them to advisory panel meetings!
6. G-I-N Toolkit: Patient and Public Involvement in Guidelines
The G-I-N PUBLIC Toolkit on Patient and Public Involvement in Guidelines is meant to support guidelines developers to involve patients in guideline development and dissemination.
For further information about the toolkit, click here.
7. Series III: Scenarios exploring the interpersonal dynamics of advisory panel participation
CUE has created a series of short vignettes based on real experiences from professionals and patients participating on advisory panels. These videos portray real-life scenarios and situations likely to be encountered by professional guideline developers and consumer advocates as they collaborate on advisory panels. The scenarios depicted include preparing for the panel as a consumer, effectively moderating the panel as a Chair, and ensuring that diverse opinions are heard, understood, and respected.
Video 1: Preparing for serving on an advisory panel
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 2: Moderating introductions on an advisory panel- as a Chair
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 3: Getting your point across to a panel
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 4: Treating panel members equally
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 5: Avoiding jargon
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 6: Acknowledging panel member diversity and contributions
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 7: Using evidence to address patient concerns
Self-test: What did you learn?
Video 8: Setting an inclusive tone
Self-test: What did you learn?
How to cite the videos from Series III:
Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare. "[Title of video]." Online video clip. YouTube.com. YouTube, 7 February 2017. Web. [Date accessed].