About the Shared Decision Making Working Group
Shared decision making (SDM) is central to patient-centered care and is at the crossroads between evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care. In the last decade, there has been increasing interest in SDM in rheumatology and an imperative to use SDM to achieve optimal care.
The use of consensus-building methods following the OMERACT Filter 2.1 methodology, grounded in a patient-oriented approach, led to strong endorsement of a core domain set for SDM interventions in rheumatology trials.
Future research will include the development of a core outcome measurement set to identify instruments to assess these domains in trials of SDM interventions.

Jennifer Barton
Co-Chair

Peter Brooks
Co-Chair

Liana Fraenkel
Co-Chair

Linda Li
Co-Chair

Alexa Meara
Co-Chair

Karine Toupin April
Co-Chair

Maarten de Wit
Co-Chair
What is shared decision making?
What are shared decision making outcomes?
OMERACT 2020 Virtual Shared Decision Making Plenary
OMERACT Endorsed Core Domain Set for Shared Decision Making

Working Group Publications
Endorsement of the OMERACT core domain set for shared decision making interventions in rheumatology trials: Results from a multi-stepped consensus-building approach
WHITE PAPER Developing the Core Domain Set for Shared Decision Making Interventions in Rheumatology
OMERACT 2020 Lay Summary
Development of a core domain set for shared decision making interventions in rheumatology: An OMERACT white paper with stakeholders’ input
Toward the Development of a Core Set of Outcome Domains to Assess Shared Decision-making Interventions in Rheumatology: Results from an OMERACT Delphi Survey and Consensus Meeting
An OMERACT Special Interest Group on Shared Decision Making
Working Group Members:
Karine Toupin April
Jennifer Barton
Alexa Meara
Liana Fraenkel
Linda Li
Maarten de Wit
Peter Brooks
Simon Décary
Anne Lyddiatt
Cathie Hofstetter
Marieke Scholte Voshaar
Willemina Campbell
Ailsa Bosworth
Sarah Collins
Thomas Chong
Jen Horonjeff
Tiffany Westrich-Robertson
Laurie Proulx
Dawn Stacey
Beverley Shea
Esi Morgan
Jennifer Petkovic
Janet Elizabeth Jull
Peter Tugwell
Lara J. Maxwell
Dorcas Beaton
Maria E. Suarez Almazor
Melissa Mannion
Shikha Mittoo
Lyn March
Tanya Meade
Jessica Kaufman
Sophie Hill
Ayano Kelly
Laure Gossec
Francis Guillemin
Robin Christensen
Annelies Boonen
Suvi Karuranga
Rieke Alten
Cécile Gaujoux-Viala
Yasser El-Miedany