An Approach to Diversifying the Selection of a Guideline Panel—The Process Utilized for the Updated Adult Critical Care Ultrasound Guidelines
Authors' conclusion
Our intentional and transparent approach resulted in a panel with improved gender parity and robust diversity along ethnic, racial, and professional lines.
Study context
- Population
- Expert guideline panel for the updated Adult Critical Care Ultrasound Guidelinespanelists from six countries
- Participants
- 33 participants
- Comparison
- Intentional, transparent panel-selection approach vs historical panel composition
- Outcome
- Diversity of the expert guideline panel
Methodological detailsClear definition of expertise; open invitation to SCCM membership plus leadership nomination; voluntary disclosure of diversity criteria; independent review with score per candidate per reviewer; open forum for final consensus, Diversity variables collected and analysed after panel selection; compared with historical data
- Clear definition of expertise; open invitation to SCCM membership plus leadership nomination; voluntary disclosure of diversity criteria; independent review with score per candidate per reviewer; open forum for final consensus
- Diversity variables collected and analysed after panel selection; compared with historical data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Final panel composition
Women
45%
Historically excluded people and groups
79%
Countries represented
6
Original publication
An Approach to Diversifying the Selection of a Guideline Panel—The Process Utilized for the Updated Adult Critical Care Ultrasound Guidelines. Crit Care Med. Published 8 April 2024. doi:10.
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