IAGS aims to investigate whether its rules are practical and how they affect decision-making.
Evaluation should consider costs, barriers to access, delays and new conflicts of interest as well as potential benefits.
Research questions concern understanding of roles and fees, completeness of interest declarations, agreement between independent reviewers and handling of uncertainty.
A lower treatment rate is no more automatically a success than a higher treatment rate.
Research agenda
Decision quality
Do patients understand options, limitations and responsibilities?
Independence
Are relevant relationships identified and appropriately managed?
Outcome review
Are criteria understandable and suitable for the intervention concerned?
Practical implementation
What costs, delays or access barriers arise?
Publications and position papers
Published works are made available with title, authorship, date, document type and references. Drafts and adopted positions remain distinguishable.
Scientific position article
Trust through independence
Why independent advice, treatment and outcome review should be organised separately: a narrative evidence synthesis on medical responsibility and patient autonomy.
Read articleContinuing education
Continuing education addresses conflicts of interest, independent advice, structured outcome review and responsible documentation.
Course completion replaces neither 20 years of relevant experience nor a medical licence or a separate eligibility assessment.
Enquire about continuing education