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MuSE Guidelines and MuSE Systematic reviews. 

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MuSE Publications

Akl EA, Khabsa J, Petkovic J, Magwood O, Lytvyn L, Motilall A, Campbell P, et al. “Interest-holders”: A new term to replace “stakeholders” in the context of health research and policy. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2024;2:e70007

Lytvyn L, Petkovic J, Khabsa J, Magwood O, Campbell P, Graham ID, Pottie K, et al. Protocol: Assessing the impact of interest-holder engagement on guideline development: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2024;20(4)31444.

Tugwell P, Welch V, Magwood O, Todhunter-Brown A, Akl EA, et al. Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses. Systematic Reviews. 2023;12:134.

Petkovic J, Magwood O, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Concannon TW, Welch V, Todhunter-Brown A, et al. Key issues for stakeholder engagement in the development of health and healthcare guidelines. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2023;9:27.

Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Khabsa K, Akl EA, Welch V, Magwood O, Atwere P, Graham ID, Grant S, John D, Katikireddi SV, Langlois E, Mustafa RA, Todhunter-Brown A, Schünemann H, Smith M, Stein AT, Concannon T, Tugwell P. PROTOCOL: Guidance for stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: a scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1242

Magwood O, Riddle A, Petkovic J, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Atwere P, Akl EA, et al. PROTOCOL: Barriers and facilitators to stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI:10.1002/cl2.1237

Khabsa J, Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Magwood O, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. PROTOCOL: Conflict of interest issues when engaging stakeholders in health and healthcare guideline development: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1232

Parker R, Tomlinson E, Concannon TW, Akl E, Petkovic J, Welch VA, Crowe S, et al. Factors to consider during identification and invitation of individuals in a multi-stakeholder research project. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022. DOI:10.1007/s11606-022-07411-w

Petkovic J, Riddle A, Akl EA, Khabsa J, Lytvyn L, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation. Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:21. 

Frank L, Morton SC, Guise JM, Jull J, Concannon TW, Tugwell P. Engaging patients and other non-researchers in health research: defining research engagement. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35(1):307-314.

Concannon TW, Grant S, Welch V, Petkovic J, Selby J, Crowe S, Synnot A, Greer-Smith R, Mayo-Wilson E, Tambor E, Tugwell P for the MuSE Consortium. Practical guidance for involving stakeholders in health research. J Gen Intern Med.2019 34(3):456-463.

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