Suggest a Guideline Topic

Any member, Section, or Committee can nominate a guideline topic. Guidelines take approximately two years to complete. The AAN selects eight to twelve topics per year.

AAN guidelines are evidence based; therefore, peer-reviewed literature must be available on the topic. Topics should be focused, rather than broad, and address specific clinical scenarios for which there is confusion, controversy, or practice variation. Topics are most easily addressed when they are submitted in the form of a clinical question identifying the following:

• Type of patient
• Type of exposure that the patient experiences (risk factor, intervention, diagnostic test)
• Outcomes to be addressed

To suggest a guideline topic, please provide the following information. Please note that the more information you provide, the better able the AAN is to make a decision regarding whether to address the topic.