Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
Building capacity in evidence quality assessment across Ireland
Supporting healthcare professionals and researchers in evidence-based decision making
GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) is a transparent framework for developing and presenting summaries of evidence and provides a systematic approach for making clinical practice recommendations.
The Ireland GRADE Network, hosted in Evidence Synthesis Ireland, aims to build capacity and expertise in the use of GRADE methodology across Ireland, supporting healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers in making evidence-informed decisions.
We provide training workshops, mentorship programmes, and resources to support the implementation of GRADE methodology in systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and health technology assessments.
Building expertise in evidence quality assessment
Regular training workshops covering GRADE methodology basics, advanced topics, and software tools. Sessions are designed for beginners through to experienced users.
One-to-one mentorship and support for researchers and teams implementing GRADE in their systematic reviews and guideline development projects.
Access to GRADE handbooks, software tools, templates, and examples to support your evidence synthesis and guideline development work.
Meet the Ireland GRADE Network team
Director
Ireland GRADE Network
Evidence synthesis methodologist, GRADE working group member
Executive committee member
Trials methodologist, evidence synthesis methodologist, GRADE working group member
Institutional members of the Ireland GRADE Network
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is an independent statutory body established to promote safety and quality in the provision of health and social care services for the benefit of the health and welfare of the public. Its work extends across setting standards, regulating and monitoring health and social care services and supporting evidence-informed decision-making. HIQA has responsibility for the following:
HIQA’s evidence synthesis functions use GRADE and the GRADE Evidence-to-Decision (EtD) framework in the course of their day-to-day work. In addition, HIQA’s Centre in Ireland for Clinical guideline support and Evidence Reviews (CICER) team provides training to guideline development groups on GRADE and the GRADE EtD framework.
Tools and materials to support GRADE implementation
Please email us expressing your interest to become a member at ire@gradeworkinggroup.org
The international GRADE Working Group
The GRADE Working Group is an international collaboration of researchers, methodologists, and guideline developers who have developed the GRADE approach. The Ireland GRADE Network is part of this global community working to improve the quality of evidence assessment in healthcare.
