Czech national project of clinical practice guidelines development and its implementation in special education

KANTOROVÁ, Lucia and Miloslav KLUGAR. Czech national project of clinical practice guidelines development and its implementation in special education. Journal of Exceptional People. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2020, vol. 2, No 17, p. 95-107. ISSN 1805-4978.

Basic information

• Original name: Czech national project of clinical practice guidelines development and its implementation in special education
• Authors: KANTOROVÁ, Lucia (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Miloslav KLUGAR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Exceptional People, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2020, 1805-4978.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50302 Education, special
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14110/20:00118529
• Organization unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Keywords in English: clinical practice guidelines; GRADE; special education; special educational needs; national educational policies
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This statement paper provides a brief and clear background to the evidence-based medicine concept, systematic reviews and the development of clinical practice guidelines using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system and focuses on their application in the field of special education. Its main objective is to suggest ways of applying clinical practice guidelines in the field of special education. The paper presents the first Czech national project for developing clinical practice guidelines mainly in the field of medicine and clinical practice with the main investigator being the Czech Health Research Council (AZV ČR). Some of the guidelines prepared within the project are relevant to special educators and the paper suggests that special teachers use the recommendations in their practice and in higher education. Moreover, it proposes that it is possible and useful to develop guidelines using the rigor of the GRADE methodology as described above, for issues directly pertaining to the field of special education, or education in general. In that process, it may be necessary to identify the challenges typical for the field of education and to suggest possible solutions. Finally, recommendations for special educators, for future research and for policy-makers are formulated. Specifically, the paper suggests that policy-makers, such as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, develop national strategies for special-educational diagnostics and intervention based on rigorous methodology as described on the example of the Czech national project of guideline development in medicine and place special focus on the ethical aspects, social impacts and values and preferences of target populations.