Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines are developed by professionals in various organizations and associations. Some of these, which are relevant to family physicians, are listed below.

Associations and organizations providing clinical practice guidelines

• Canadian Medical Association CPG Infobase
  National, provincial or territorial medical or health organization or government agency guidelines.
• NHS Evidence - National Library of Guidelines (United Kingdom)
  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and other national agency guidelines. Mainly UK guidelines, plus select guidelines from other countries.
• Canadian Association of Radiologists
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• Canadian Diabetes Association
• Canadian Ophthalmological Society
• Canadian Paediatric Society
• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
• Canadian Thoracic Society
• Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-based Care
• Collège des médecins du Québec
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
• Hypertension Canada
• National Advisory Committee on Immunization
• National Pain Centre (McMaster University)
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
• Société québécoise d’hypertension artérielle
• Therapeutics Initiative (BC)
• Thrombosis Canada
• Toward Optimized Practice Program (Alberta)