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Record W4413426442 · doi:10.1002/gin2.70038

Protocol for the Creation of the Guidelines International Network–McMaster Guideline Development Checklist Extension for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in the Guideline Enterprise (Guidelines‐Artificial Intelligence Extension)

2025· article· en· W4413426442 on OpenAlexaff
Manuel Marques‐Cruz, Bernardo Sousa‐Pinto, Wojtek Wiercioch, Marge Reinap, Ignacio Neumann, Yuan Chi, Artur Nowak, Mariette Awad, Monika Nothacker, Jan Brożek, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Amir Qaseem, Elie A. Akl, Holger J. Schünemann

Bibliographic record

VenueClinical and Public Health Guidelines · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicClinical practice guidelines implementation
Canadian institutionsMcMaster UniversityImpactCochrane
Fundersnot available
KeywordsGuidelineChecklistProtocol (science)Extension (predicate logic)Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceMedicinePsychologyPathology

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to support processes of the guideline enterprise. To support the adequate preplanning and the transparent reporting of the use of AI in the guideline enterprise, the Guidelines International Network (GIN) proposed the development of an extension of the GIN–McMaster Guideline Development Checklist (GDC) for the use of AI in guidelines. Here we describe the protocol for the development of this extension. Methods We will follow a multiphase approach to generate an extension of the GIN–McMaster GDC. We will start by prompting a large language model to suggest relevant items for the extension. We will subsequently revise the obtained outputs in an iterative process involving the different elements of the working group. This iterative process will be informed by a scoping review. We will then reach different stakeholders to test the proposed checklist extension on their easiness of use, implementation, feasibility and reasonability. Questions This protocol lays the ground for the development of an extension to the GIN–McMaster GDC for the use of AI in guidelines. This extension will support the adequate use of AI in the guideline enterprise.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.194
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.396
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMetaresearch
Consensus categoriesMetaresearch
DomainCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Protocol · Consensus signal: Protocol
Teacher disagreement score0.806
Threshold uncertainty score0.995

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.1940.396
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.004
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0040.006
Bibliometrics0.0130.010
Science and technology studies0.0060.005
Scholarly communication0.0070.006
Open science0.0050.009
Research integrity0.0090.012
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.1360.032

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.549
GPT teacher head0.598
Teacher spread0.049 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; the direct Gemma label and the distilled Codex classifier agree on what is shown here.

Study designNot applicable
DomainMethods
GenreProtocol

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