Development Toolkit

The development toolkit is a set of resources for people developing decision aids.

The toolkit describes the conceptual framework, development methods and evaluation measures we use.

The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration established an internationally approved set of criteria to determine the quality of patient decision aids.

We lead an international group of researchers in the ongoing systematic review of patient decision aids for health-related treatment or screening decisions.

Developers can use the Decision Aid Library Inventory (DALI) system to manage information about their decision aids. They can also download the Complete Inventory to see what other developers are working on.

Links to Other Resources

Annotated Bibliography of Shared Decision Making
An annotated bibliography of key references on shared decision making.

International Patient Decision Aids (IPDAS) Collaboration
A group of individuals from around the world who have established an internationally approved set of criteria for the quality of patient decision aids.

Guidelines for Decision Aid Development
This workbook will guide you through the process of developing and evaluating a decision aid.

Population Needs Assessment Workbook
This workbook outlines the steps in completing an assessment of the decision making needs of a population.

Editable Microsoft Word files of the questionnaires can be obtained on request by email.

Other Shared Decision Making Resources on the Web

The Cochrane Collaboration: Consumers & Communication Review Group
For information on the Systematic Review of Approaches to Support People's Decision Making about Health Treatments or Screening contact Paola Rio.

Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI)

Health Information Research Unit (McMaster)

health-evidence.ca: Promoting evidence based decision making.

informedhealthchoice group at Cardiff University.

IPDASi: an instrument to assess the quality of patient decision support technologies.

The King's Fund

The Picker Institute Europe is an independent, not-for-profit organization with charitable status. Working with patients, professionals, and policy-makers to promote understanding of the patient's perspective. Undertaking a unique combination of research, development, and policy activities which together work to make patients' views count.

Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan

The University of North Carolina Working Group on Risk, Communication and Health Care Decision Making

The University of York/NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination