In August, 2021, our team, led by Peter Tugwell, Vivian Welch, and Alex Todhunter-Brown, received funding for a 4 year project to:

1. Identify, map, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative findings related to collaborator and partner engagement in evidence syntheses
2. Explore perspectives on how collaborator and partner engagement in evidence syntheses promotes health equity
3. Develop equity-oriented guidance on methods for collaborator and patient engagement in evidence synthesis
4. Develop guidance on methods for evaluating collaborator and partner engagement in evidence syntheses
5. Develop a guideline for reporting collaborator and partner engagement in evidence syntheses (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) extension).

The protocol for this project was published in August, 2023: Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses

The project includes 4 sequential steps:

Interested in learning more about this project? Contact Jennifer Petkovic or follow us on Twitter @GuidelinesMuse