Public record of meeting, 7 February 2022
Meeting of February 7 & 8 2022
Virtual meeting
PRESENT
Task Force Members
- Brenda Wilson (Co-chair)
- Roland Grad (Co-chair)
- Scott Klarenbach
- Guylène Thériault
- Eddy Lang
- John Riva
- Navindra Persaud
- Ahmed Abou-Setta
- Henry Siu
- Emily McDonald
- Brenda Wilson
- Roland Grad
Task Force Administrators
- Daniela Cortinovis
PHAC
- Chantelle Garrity
- Heather Limburg
- Casey Gray
- Melissa Subnath
- Laure Tessier
- Gregory Traversy
- Anne Brasset-Latulippe
- Wen Qiu Huang
- Chantal Plante
- Julie Wu
- Maurica Maher
JGH
- Daniela Cortinovis
ERSC
- Julian Little
- David Moher
- Jennifer Pillay
- Lisa Hartling
- Nicole Shaver
- Dria Bennett
Task Force Fellows
- Anthony Train
- Pascale Breault
- Richard Henry
- Amanda Tzenov
Task Force Alumni
- John LeBlanc
- Brett Thombs
Knowledge Translation
- Sharon Straus
- Robyn Beckett
- Harleen Buttar
- Mohamed Hassan
- Arthana Chandraraj
- Clara Narcisse-Merveille
- Nilram Jalilian
Communications
- Kim Barnhardt
- Chelsee Cure
Regrets:
Donna Reynolds (Task Force)
MINUTES
Day 1
1. Welcome and Introductions
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Task Force held its February 2022 meeting online via videoconference. Dr. Grad opened the meeting, and the Task Force members approved the agenda. Dr. Grad welcomed the new staff members of the Task Force. He also announced the upcoming departure of John Riva who has completed his term as a member.
2. Knowledge Translation Update
Ms. Beckett, from the Knowledge Translation (KT) team provided updates on recent KT activities and initiatives. This update included information on recently published guidelines, new and upcoming KT tools, dissemination activities and Task Force projects involving KT and the annual evaluation.
3. Falls Prevention
Ms. Pillay discussed the KQ1 summary of findings format (NMA) and sought feedback from the Task Force.
4. Topics
Ms. Limburg presented an overview of the Topics WG projects, an update on cognitive impairment reaffirmation as well as an update on topic prioritization and options for the CVD framework components.
5. Cervical Cancer
Ms. Pillay provided a status update and presented an overview of results for KQs 2, 3 and 5.
6. Fragility Fractures
Dr. Thériault provided an update and sought input from the Task Force for the definition of “standard of care” and its application to the Fragility Fractures guideline.
Day 2
7. Opioids/Methods
Dr. Abou-Setta presented a proposal to halt the opioid guideline (and establish methods for future guidelines) for the Task Force’s review and approval.
8. Lung Cancer
Dr. Klarenbach provided an update and sought the Task Force’s approval for KQ3 and its PICO, as well as for a modified KQ1 and its PICO.
9. Tobacco
Mr. Traversy and Dr. Thombs proposed a recommendation structure and an EtD for pharmacotherapy.
10. Verbal Update on Guidelines
The guideline working group chairs provided brief updates for each guideline.
11. Next Steps and Adjournment
Dr. Grad thanked everyone for attending. He floated the idea of the June 2022 meeting being face-to-face or hybrid in Calgary. The February 2022 Task Force virtual meeting was adjourned.