NEW in the MJA From words to action: time for Australia to take shared decision making implementation seriously Tammy C Hoffmann, Kirsten J McCaffery, France Légaré, Mina Bakhit and Marguerite Tracy, For the Australian Shared Decision Making Research Network buff.ly/LpjwPl0

Today in @mja.com.au: @tammyh.bsky.social & the Aus SDM Research Network argue embedding SDM in the health system is vital & urgent. Scaling SDM for all should be a national priority. www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/8/words-action-time-australia-take-shared-decision-making-implementation-seriously

It’s time for Australia to take shared decision making implementation seriously & move from words to actions. Our new @mja.com.au article discusses what’s been done & some of the next steps needed doi.org/10.5694/mja2... @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social @isdmsociety.bsky.social

New edition of important Shared Decision Making textbook out very soon! global.oup.com/academic/pro... @tuftejet.bsky.social @carissabonner.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social @tammyh.bsky.social @anikgiguere.bsky.social @mcpoliti.bsky.social @hilarybekker.bsky.social

Care about #reproducibility in research & publishing? Join this webinar on Aug 27th, jointly organised by @aimosinc.bsky.social & @ausrepro.bsky.social on statistical reproducibility with @michelenuijten.bsky.social & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social Free - register here qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

SPIRIT 2025 - the updated reporting guide for RCT protocols - is now published: BMJ: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-... JAMA:  doi.org/10.1001/jama... Lancet: doi.org/10.1016/S014... PLOS Med: doi.org/10.1371/jour... Nature Med:  doi.org/10.1038/s415...   1/2

An important article: GRADE method for guidelines simplified: the overview of Core GRADE!! now out on @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/... @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @thomasagoritsas.bsky.social

Join ISDMS's First Masterclass on Scaling Shared Decision Making Presenters: Fritz Geiger & Lars Mandelkow For professionals aiming to scale SDM at local or national levels Registration Deadline: 14 February 2024 www.isdmsociety.org/masterclasses/ #SDM #SharedDecisionMaking #PatientEngagement

Want to know how to report a cluster-crossover trial … the CONSORT extension reporting guidance is out 😊 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

If you’re in Australia and involved in evidence synthesis & appraisal, there’s 2 events with many of the leading folk in this field happening in Melbourne in early February. See message below for details and link.

1/2 If you’ve ever wondered about the range of patient decision aids free online, our study presents a snapshot of their features. We found 785 aids from 17 countries. Most (72%) are about treatment decisions. Cancer was most common (23%) then musculoskeletal conditions (11%)