Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-gb8f7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-23T01:02:06.599Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

PANELISTS' VIEWS OF 68 NIH CONSENSUS CONFERENCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2002

John H. Ferguson  and
Charles R. Sherman
John H. Ferguson
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Charles R. Sherman
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the response patterns and trends of 68 surveys of successive NIH consensus panels' views on the NIH consensus process.

Methods: Each panel's responses were compared to an “average” panel's responses calculated by determining the mean response for each survey question across panels.

Results: The results show a stable pattern of panelists' generally positive views. However, several conferences were judged very positively and some very negatively compared to the norm. Most negatively viewed conferences occurred early in the consensus program's history.

Conclusions: The disparate perceptions are discussed and interpreted as reflecting favorable panels' views of recent changes in the NIH Consensus Development Program.

Keywords

NIH Consensus Development ConferencePanelists' surveyData analysisReview
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 542 - 558
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)