Example documents from prioritisation processes

Example documents from prioritisation processes
Example documents from prioritisation processes

This page contains some examples of documents from previous Cochrane priority setting processes or from external organisations. We hope these provide some guidance and ideas for different steps in the prioritisation process but they will need to be altered in the context of your situation.

Developing a prioritisation plan

The Cochrane Priority Setting Guidance Note provides guidance for the minimum requirements of a priority setting process.

Priority Setting Plans


•  Timeline and project plan from the James Lind Alliance prioritisation guidebook. This might help think about some of the tasks required during prioritisation.

Publishing the intention to complete priority setting

Publishing the intention to complete a priority setting plan can be completed by advertising through the:

•  'Current Cochrane Group Priority Setting Projects' webpage. The page contains details of current Cochrane prioritisation projects and details for how to submit your project at the bottom of the page. 
•  Individual Group or Network website; examples from Cochrane Epilepsy, Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care and Cochrane Oral Health.

Engaging with stakeholders

The Partnership guidance for Cochrane groups provides to tools to help think about which stakeholder partnerships might be useful to develop.

Choosing a method

The methods use will depending on your plan. Methods include but are not limited to, workshops, surveys, consensus processes etc.

Priority setting workshops

Before the workshop
•  Workshop invite from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
•  Participant pre-workshop information sent to all participants from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
•  Participant pre-workshop reading from Cochrane Consumers and Communication
 
During the workshop
•  Workshop programme from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
•  Workshop programme from Cochrane Consumers and Communication
 
For workshop facilitators
•  Workshop detailed plan from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
•  Points to help the workshop discussion from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
•  Workshop facilitator guide from Cochrane Consumers and Communication
 

Online surveys

•  Online Survey Monkey survey for generating topics from Cochrane Consumers and Communication
• Consensus process round 1: Online Survey for generating topic areas from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
• Consensus process round 2: Online Survey for prioritising topic areas from Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
• A dissemination pack to help other Cochrane groups share your survey with other stakeholders from Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group
 
Top Tip! If the survey is open to all, consider advertising it through the Comms Digest, the monthly 'survey round-up' page and the Cochrane Central social media platforms - contact Muriah Umoquit (mumoquit@cochrane.org) with the following information:
 
Review Group Name:
Twitter Handle:
General Information/Ask: 1-2 sentences explaining what the activity is about or what the ask is, e.g. fill out a survey, join a focus group, etc.
Target audience: (clinicians, policy makers, careers, patients, etc.)
Image: (send a URL from www.istock.com and we will create a graphic for promotion)
Closing date: (we schedule multiple posts leading up to your closing date)
Any related links:

Writing up the process

Documenting the methods and results of the priority setting process is important for transparency and to let stakeholders know the outcomes of the process.

Writing up an internal report or for the website


 

Writing up for publication

• Cochrane Tobacco Addiction
• Cochrane Consumers and Communication
- First stage of the priority setting process: an international survey of consumers and other stakeholders.
- Second stage of priority setting process: refining initial topics through workshops with consumers and healthcare practitioners. 
- Evaluation of priority setting process: how the process and outcomes were evaluated.