[Proportion of women on the executive boards and committees of 183 professional associations of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF)].

The growing proportion of women in medical studentship and medical practice contrasts with their under-represented role in leadership positions in medical professional associations in Germany. Against this background, the proportion of women in top positions of medical professional associations in Germany has been analysed.A total of 1460 individuals were counted in the analysis of the composition of the boards/presidia of the 183 professional societies.

Evidence-based guideline diagnosis, treatment, prevention and aftercare of oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma.

The guideline is being drawn up as a joint guideline for oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Oropharyngeal carcinoma in particular has experienced the greatest increase in incidence among all head and neck carcinomas in the last 20 years and is now the sixth most common cancer in men in Germany. Together with hypopharyngeal carcinoma, these tumors are currently the most common cancer entity in the head and neck region.

Therapeutic modalities for superior sulcus tumor (Pancoast) tumor - A systematic review.

Background: Superior sulcus tumors (SST) are usually treated with multimodal therapy, mainly trimodal therapy encompassing radiochemotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery. However, high-level evidence from randomized trials remains limited. We conducted a systematic review to assess the evidence of treatment strategies considering adverse events and oncologic outcomes.

"Living guideline recommendations" - more important than ever?! Successes and challenges of "living guidelines": A systematic evaluation.

Introduction: The development of high-quality guidelines is resource-intensive and time-consuming, and currency is crucial for the improvement of care. Criteria-based update procedures are recommended. Living guidelines (LGs) are intended to quickly incorporate new findings.

Prevention of Obesity among Adults: Evidence- and Consensus-Based Guideline.

Background: The prevalence of obesity is rising globally. Evidence-informed guidance on preventing obesity is needed, but most existing obesity guidelines are focussed on treatment.

Methods: We developed an evidence- and consensus-based guideline on the prevention of obesity among adults.

Selecting indicators for the measurement of low-value care using German claims data: A three-round modified Delphi panel.

By reducing healthcare services that offer little benefit or potential harm to patients (low-value care), resources can be redirected towards more adequate treatments, improving healthcare efficiency and patient outcomes. This study aimed to systematically incorporate clinical expertise across medical disciplines through a Delphi process to establish indicators for measuring low-value care, ensuring their acceptance by medical societies, the broader medical community, and patients. We developed two versions (one with higher sensitivity and one with higher specificity) for almost each of the 42 indicators identified as potentially measurable in a previous systematic review.

Guidelines International Network: Principles for Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Guideline Enterprise.

Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) has been defined by the High-Level Expert Group on AI of the European Commission as "systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions-with some degree of autonomy-to achieve specific goals." Artificial intelligence has the potential to support guideline planning, development and adaptation, reporting, implementation, impact evaluation, certification, and appraisal of recommendations, which we will refer to as "guideline enterprise." Considering this potential, as well as the lack of guidance for the use of AI in guidelines, the Guidelines International Network (GIN) proposes a set of principles for the development and use of AI tools or processes to support the health guideline enterprise.

From evidence to care delivery: Opportunities and risks in health and science policy. A position paper of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF).

Objective: After over 25 years of developing clinical practice guidelines, the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) held a symposium to discuss the following topics in order to improve the way evidence is implemented in the delivery of care: expansion of the data pool for guideline development, the regulatory policy framework for this expansion, the transfer of clinical practice guideline statements to medical practice, the associated opportunities and risks resulting from the European legislation.

Methods: The AWMF held its Berlin Forum on 27 April 2022 where experts from scientific medical societies and national institutions in the healthcare sector reported their experiences and perceptions on the topics mentioned. Three writing groups compiled the key statements from these contributions to and discussions made at the Berlin Forum into a position paper.

Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED): A systematic mixed-methods review focusing on the carers' experiences.

Background: Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is a way to end one's life prematurely. We synthesized the empirical data on VSED.

Methods: In this systematic mixed-methods review, we searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and BELIT for English and German articles published between January 1, 2013 and November 12, 2021.

Using the WHO-INTEGRATE framework to develop a COVID-19 guideline for schools, Germany.

Problem: At the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, reliable, globally applicable recommendations for safe and continuous school operations were lacking.

Approach: In October 2020, the German Association of Scientific Medical Societies' task force for COVID-19 guidelines and public health researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München initiated the rapid development of a living evidence- and consensus-based guideline to reduce severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission in schools. To facilitate transparent, structured and comprehensive decision-making with a whole-of-society perspective, they applied the WHO-INTEGRATE evidence-to-decision framework.

Recommendations to improve use and dissemination of patient versions of oncological clinical practice guidelines in Germany: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Background: Oncological patients have high information needs that are often unmet. Patient versions of oncological clinical practice guidelines (PVG) translate clinical practice guidelines into laypersons' language and might help to address patients' information needs. Currently, 30 oncological PVG have been published in Germany and more are being developed.

Clinical Practice Guideline: Recommendations for the Perioperative Management of Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Background: Colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma are the most common cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Their surgical treatment carries a high morbidity: complications arise in 25% to 30% of cases, often prolonging recovery times and delaying the initiation of adjuvant therapy, leading, in turn, to worse oncological outcomes. The goal of multimodal perioperative management (mPOM) is to lower the postoperative complication rate through a combination of perioperative measures.

Informing pandemic management in Germany with trustworthy living evidence syntheses and guideline development: lessons learned from the COVID-19 evidence ecosystem.

Objectives: We present the 'COVID-19 evidence ecosystem' (CEOsys) as a German network to inform pandemic management and to support clinical and public health decision-making. We discuss challenges faced when organizing the ecosystem and derive lessons learned for similar networks acting during pandemics or health-related crises.

Study Design And Setting: Bringing together 18 university hospitals and additional institutions, CEOsys key activities included research prioritization, conducting living systematic reviews (LSRs), supporting evidence-based (living) guidelines, knowledge translation (KT), detecting research gaps, and deriving recommendations, backed by technical infrastructure and capacity building.

Implementation of quality indicators for vulvar cancer in gynaecological cancer centres certified by the German Cancer Society (DKG).

Purpose: In 2018, the first guideline-based quality indicators (QI) for vulvar cancer were implemented in the data-sheets of certified gynaecological cancer centres. The certification process includes guideline-based QIs as a fundamental component. These indicators are specifically designed to evaluate the level of care provided within the centres.

Use, applicability, and dissemination of patient versions of clinical practice guidelines in oncology in Germany: a qualitative interview study with healthcare providers.

Background: People with cancer have high information needs; however, they are often inadequately met. Patient versions of clinical practice guidelines (PVGs), a special form of evidence-based information, translate patient-relevant recommendations from clinical practice guidelines into lay language. To date, little is known about the experience of PVGs from healthcare providers' perspective in healthcare.

Application of the PANELVIEW instrument to evaluate the guideline development process of the German polytrauma guideline.

Background: PANELVIEW is an instrument for evaluating the appropriateness of the process, methods, and outcome of guideline development and the satisfaction of the guideline group with these steps.

Objective: To evaluate the guideline development process of the German guideline on the treatment of patients with severe/multiple injuries ('German polytrauma guideline') from the perspective of the guideline group, and to identify areas where this process may be improved in the future.

Methods: We administered PANELVIEW to the participants of the 2022 update of the German polytrauma guideline.