PURPOSE: To conduct a live demonstration of resources developed to support structured expert elicitation (SEE) in healthcare decision making, using case studies as examples.

DESCRIPTION:

In a landscape of accelerated approvals, a less mature evidence base and increasing reliance on real world evidence, obtaining judgements from clinical experts is becoming increasingly important to inform healthcare decision-making (HCDM). In the past, expert elicitation has generally been unstructured in nature, but growing demand has led to a desire to improve the robustness of the methods used.

For example, NICE recently released its new draft manual for health technology assessments (HTA), which states a clear preference for SEE when gathering information from experts. Globally, SEE is starting to be used more widely, and it is expected that this form of elicitation will be increasingly used to inform economic analyses.

In light of this anticipated change, we will provide an interactive demonstration of resources to support SEE in HCDM from two case studies, and introduce ongoing work to create an online repository of user-friendly open-source materials for SEE.

Laura Bojke and Dawn Lee will provide a general introduction to SEE (15 minutes). Laura Bojke will discuss the SEE process and its role in HCDM. Dawn Lee will provide an overview of currently available resources for conducting SEE and highlight any practical challenges. Dina Jankovic will provide information on the development of the online repository (15 minutes). Dina Jankovic and James Horscroft will then conduct a live demonstration of the elicitation tools, giving real-life examples using recent case studies, and providing tips on how these tools can best be used (15 minutes). Polls will be used to seek input to inform the final contents of the online repository, followed by a Q&A session and discussion on application of the resources (15 minutes).