Guidelines Subcommittee
Oversees the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based systematic reviews, practice advisories, and clinical practice guidelines.
Chair: Alexander D. Rae-Grant, MD, FAAN
Vice Chair: John J. Halperin, MD, FAAN
Staff Liaison: Kylie Botchway-Doe, Guideline Development Manager
Job Description
The Guidelines Subcommittee oversees the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based systematic reviews, practice advisories, and clinical practice guidelines. The Guidelines Subcommittee reports to the Quality Committee.
Committee Responsibilities
- Assess and respond to guideline development, dissemination, and implementation environment, organizational priorities, and member needs.
- Develop evidence-based documents (systematic reviews, practice advisories, clinical practice guidelines) following the AAN guideline development process.
- Collaborate with appropriate external organizations, AAN committees, and AAN subcommittees; a close collaboration exists with the Quality Committee and its respective subcommittees to link guidelines to measures to performance data in Axon Registry®.
- Continually work to improve the efficiency, output, and rigor of the AAN’s guideline development, dissemination, and implementation processes.
- Understand the current IDEAS landscape to ensure final products address diversity and equity considerations and to improve the development process to address IDEAS considerations, as appropriate.
Member Responsibilities
- Facilitate and execute one to two guideline dissemination plans, which include the development of guideline-based tools (clinician and patient/family summaries, presentation slides, clinical case examples) and more on a project-by-project basis.
- Serve as an author on three or more guideline panels (including the two to five listed above).
- Contribute to the continued improvement of guideline development, dissemination, and implementation processes by participating in various work group projects.
- Adhere to the AAN Author Agreement.
- Attend 75% of face-to-face and virtual meetings held each year, an estimated 4 meetings annually.
- Check and respond to emails in a timely manner.
- Vote on subcommittee motions during meetings and via email communications.
- Liaison to other committees, subcommittees, or external organizations.
- Copy AAN staff on all subcommittee-related correspondence.
Estimated Time Commitment
10 hours per month in addition to meeting attendance
Selection/Appointment
Subcommittee members are appointed by the AAN President-Elect.
Committee Composition
- 29 voting members, including the following:
- Chair
- One Vice Chair
- 27 at-large members
- Chair of Quality Committee (non-voting)
- AAN EBM methodology consultants (non-voting)