Application for Oral Health Best Practice Guideline Expert Panel

The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is developing a new edition of the best practice guidelines (BPG) on the topic of oral health, starting in October 2017. This BPG will replace the first edition, Oral Health: Nursing Assessment and Intervention: http://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/oral-health-nursing-assessment-and-interve...

We are seeking individuals to join an expert panel. Panel members must meet the following criteria:

Expertise on the topic of oral health
Represent one of the following categories: clinician (registered nurses and other health-care providers), educator/researcher, student, policy, persons with lived experience
Interested in active contribution to an evidence-based best practice guideline

The panel member position is a voluntary position and requires participation for a period of approximately 12 - 15 months. More specifically, panel members commit to:

attending 2- 3 face-to-face meetings at the RNAO office in Toronto (expenses covered by RNAO as per policy),
participating in up to 5 teleconferences with the entire panel,
reviewing the research findings,
participating in voting on guideline content,
providing input and feedback on various drafts of the guideline throughout the guideline development process, and
supporting dissemination of the best practice guideline once it has been completed.

Once we receive expressions of interest through this online form, RNAO will proceed with the selection of the panel. All of RNAO’s guideline panels are developed in keeping with our policy of maintaining a broad representation of experts that include varied geography, health-care sectors and perspectives. Decisions about the panel composition will be made by mid September 2017. Selected panel members will be provided with a detailed timeline of meetings and activities and asked to submit a letter of organizational support (if applicable) and a conflict of interest form.

Please feel free to contact Verity White, Project Coordinator (vwhite@RNAO.ca) if you have questions or are interested in the opportunity but unable to meet the submission deadline.

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Contact information

First name *

Last name *

Address (street number and street name) *

Address (unit number or PO Box)

City/town *

Province *

Postal code *

Primary telephone number *

Other telephone number

Email address *

Organizational information

If you are a nurse or other health-care or service provider please complete this section with information about the organization that you work for. Please note, panel members require support from their organization to participate in activities that take place during work time. A letter of organizational support will be required should you be selected to be on the panel.

Organization name

Current job title/position

Credentials (e.g. RN, MN)

Statement of interest

Please include a brief statement of interest about why you are interested in participating on the expert panel for this best practice guideline: *

Do you have any additional experience and/or qualifications relevant to this topic (oral health)?

Resume/CV

If you are a person with lived experience or caregiver you are not required to upload a resume/CV.

Please upload your current resume/CV:

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