CGS Endorsement
Societies or groups who wish to obtain CGS endorsement should forward their request to the CGS (cgs@secretariatcentral.com). The criteria for CGS to consider endorsement are as follows:
ELIGIBILITY:
- Topic of the product to be endorsed should have the following characteristics:
- Is of interest to the broad CGS membership and CGS anticipates broad support from members
- Aligns with the Mission of the CGS
- Is applicable at a national level
- Recommendations made should be made by a nationally recognized medical or allied health society/group with expertise in the topic. The society/group should be independent of commercial interests. The process/funding of developing the material/evidence-based recommendations should be transparent and developed free from potential conflict of interest and they have provided the CGS with a Conflict of Interest form.
- Recommendations for clinical practice guidelines should be evidence based and includes a recent literature search strategy, a synthesis and summary of recommendations.
- Product is available in English and will be readily accessible and free of charge
- In general the product should be in a relatively final version and not yet published. Consideration may be given to products that have recently been published if the above criteria are fulfilled.
TIMELINE:
Requests for endorsement that are approved by the executive and aligned with a CGS Special Interest Group (SIG) accept a timeline of up to sixteen (16) weeks to review the request.
DISCLAIMER: As endorsement requests are reviewed by volunteers, the CGS Executive may decline an endorsement request due to a lack of time, resources or internal expertise.