Evidence policy for the ALSO Syllabus 2006 - Present Revision Update and One Page Evidence-Based Addenda
1. The ALSO syllabus will use the Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT) endorsed by the American Family Physician and other primary care journals.1
2. A Summary of Recommendations will follow each chapter and will form the basis of the one page chapter updates.
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Updates and Revisions Policy
- There should be 6-12 summary recommendations per chapter, proportional to the amount of material covered in the chapter and the amount of evidence available.
- In deciding which points to choose for summary recommendations, authors should give priority to recommendations that are high quality (SORT A).
- SORT B recommendations can also be included when they have important clinical implications or relate to common clinical practices.
- SORT C recommendations WILL ONLY warrant mention in the Summary if the author feels there is exceptional relevance for clinical practice and it's important for clinicians to know that only lower level evidence is available.
3. Each recommendation should include the reference number(s) for the article(s) that is/are the original source of the evidence.
4. ALSO editors are available to assist authors in assigning SORT evidence levels to the summary recommendations.
5. For the one page addenda, only SORT A and SORT B recommendations will be cited.
Managing Editor: Larry Leeman, MD, MPH - lleeman@salud.unm.edu
Co-Editor for Chapters: Jeff Quinlan, MD - jeffrey.quinlan@med.navy.mil
Co-Editor for Slides an OB Cases: Allan Wilke, MD - allan.j.wilke@gmail.com
Editor for AFP Serialization: Larry Leeman, MD, MPH - lleeman@salud.unm.edu
1 Ebell MH. Siwik J. Weiss BD, et al. Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature. J Am Board Fam Pract. 17(1):59-67, 2004.
4. ALSO editors are available to assist authors in assigning SORT evidence levels to the summary recommendations.
5. For the one page addenda, only SORT A and SORT B recommendations will be cited.
Managing Editor: Larry Leeman, MD, MPH - lleeman@salud.unm.edu
Co-Editor for Chapters: Jeff Quinlan, MD - jeffrey.quinlan@med.navy.mil
Co-Editor for Slides an OB Cases: Allan Wilke, MD - allan.j.wilke@gmail.com
Editor for AFP Serialization: Larry Leeman, MD, MPH - lleeman@salud.unm.edu
1 Ebell MH. Siwik J. Weiss BD, et al. Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature. J Am Board Fam Pract. 17(1):59-67, 2004.
Curriculum and Syllabus Updates
