11 Education & Leadership Development GRADE Workshop Scholarships Description Fund EAST members to attend an evidence-based medicine and GRADE Workshop. EAST is committed to using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) methodology for all Practice Management Guidelines (PMGs) in development. This approach is the “gold standard” methodology and has been endorsed by over 60 national and international organizations for use in guideline development. See the PMG page on the EAST website for a list of PMGs currently in development. Investment Minimum $5,000 Recognition Level Sliding Scale No. of Available Opportunities Multiple Next Year Available 2018 & 2019 “ Evidence-based Practice Management Guidelines form the broad foundations of our approach to decision- making in patient care. The EAST GRADE Scholarship provided me with a chance to participate in an interactive Guideline-Development Workshop focusing on defining a problem, appraising the evidence, and formulating recommendations. This learning opportunity for promoting patient-centered care was priceless!” NICOLE FOX, MD, MPH, FACS, COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA RECIPIENT OF EAST GRADE WORKSHOP SCHOLARSHIP “ EAST’s commitments to forwarding the best possible care for trauma patients worldwide with robust evidence-based guidelines and the development of future leaders in trauma care and research are embodied by their EAST Development Fund scholarships for the GRADE Workshop. I feel privileged to have been selected for this mentored experience in helping to create higher levels of patient-centered care founded on the strongest possible science. EAST is invested in the future of trauma surgeons and the entire field of surgical critical care, trauma, and acute care surgery. I have found the experience essential in allowing me to meaningfully contribute alongside my EAST colleagues.” RISHI RATTAN, MD, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DIVISION OF TRAUMA SURGERY & CRITICAL CARE, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER RECIPIENT OF EAST GRADE WORKSHOP SCHOLARSHIP