Winter 2022 (Volume 32, Number 4)
Update from the Guidelines Committee
By Glen Hazlewood, MD, PhD, Chair of the CRA Guidelines Committee
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The Guidelines Committee continues to be very active.
In 2021-22, guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination,
rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile uveitis
were all published. We’ve launched ”living” guidelines,
which will be the new model for CRA guidelines moving
forward. These guidelines will be kept updated on
a continual basis over time. New recommendations will
be continually added, and individual recommendations
will be added or updated as needed. In addition to being
published in the Journal of Rheumatology, guidelines are
being hosted in MAGICApp (with links through the CRA
website), an online platform for guideline publishing,
that will allow for “living” updates. All of the CRA guidelines
can be found here: rheum.ca/resources/publications/
We’ve also incorporated a formal approach to considering
health equity throughout our guidelines and
have started to develop decision aids linked to key preference-sensitive recommendations (our first for tapering of
advanced therapy in rheumatoid arthritis is available here:
rheum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RA_decisionaid_July-20-2022.pdf). Our “Guidelines Corner” section of the CRAJ
launches in this issue (see page 13) and will highlight selected
recommendations from our guidelines.
The Guidelines Committee would like to thank all the
people who have contributed to the success of the committee
over the past year: Sue Ranta and Sarah Webster
for the amazing administrative support to the committee;
Jordi Pardo and Cochrane Musculoskeletal for providing
methodological support; Arnav Agarwal and the
MAGICApp team; GRADE and GRADEPro; and of course
all members of the Guidelines Committee and panelists,
including the dedicated patients who participate in the
guideline panels.
There are many opportunities to be involved in evidence
reviews or guidelines through the CRA, either as
a trainee or a practicing rheumatologist. CRA members,
please reach out to Sarah Webster at swebster@rheum.ca.
Glen Hazlewood, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Chair, CRA Guidelines Committee
Associate Professor,
Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences,
Cumming School of Medicine,
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
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