Policies and Procedures for AMR Advisory Committee Working Groups

At the April 2001 meeting, the Committee formulated some working groups in order to focus on certain issues, obtain any necessary supporting information and prepare a written draft to be discussed by the entire Committee and Secretariat at a subsequent meeting. The Committee may identify additional working groups at a later date.

Scope of Working Group Reports

All reports should address the following points at least:

• current practices in Canada
• practices or proposed practices in other countries as relevant
• analysis: gaps in practices/process/knowledge
• recommendations for policy

Additional relevant points may be also be addressed.

Expectations of Working Group Participants

Participants will be given an opportunity to contribute to draft reports by framing questions, providing data or insights, drafting sections of reports, and by providing comments to the group leaders. The reports should reflect the range of opinion or views of participants.

Involvement of non-Committee or Secretariat members in Working Groups

In consultation with the Committee Chair and Project Managers, working groups may invite outside experts to participate in working groups. Individuals who are consulted in a substantive way will be acknowledged in the Committee's final report. Consultations with outside individuals should be limited to statements of fact; they should not be informed of or consulted on policy recommendations.

External Consultation with Stakeholder and other Groups

First drafts of reports should be discussed by the Committee and Secretariat prior to copies of subsequent drafts going to external parties for comment.

Disposition of Working Group Final Drafts

Final drafts of working groups should contribute to the final report of the Committee. These drafts may constitute actual chapters in the final report, or be incorporated into chapters with drafts from other working groups, as the Committee deems appropriate. All will undergo editing to conform to a uniform style.

Document Revisions

Please refer to document file names and dates when commenting on drafts. For example, Chap2.02.doc will contain the second version of Chapter 2. Dates of file revision will appear on the footers of each page. Filenames will be assigned by the Chair, Dr. Scott McEwen.

Reference Style

References should follow the style of the (Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research http://www.cvma-acmv.org/vetjournals/cjvr/instructions.html):

Number references consecutively, in the order that they are first mentioned in the text, using arabic numerals (in parentheses). The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Avoid using abstracts and personal communications as references, though they may be inserted (in parentheses) in the text.

Examples

Journals:

Soter NA, Wasserman SI, Austen KF, Swartz MN. Cold urticaria: Release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis during cold challenge. N Engl J Med 1976;294:687-690.

Books:

Osler AG. Complements: Mechanisms and Functions. Engelwood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Chapter of a book:

Weinstein L, Swartz MN. Pathogenic properties of invading microorganisms. In: Sodeman WA Jr, Sodeman WA, eds. Pathologic Physiology: Mechanisms of Disease. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1974:457-472.

Dissertation or thesis:

Tessaro SV. A description and epizootiologic study of brucellosis and tuberculosis in bison in northern Canada [PhD dissertation]. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Univ. of Saskatchewan, 1988. 320 p.

Published proceedings:

LeCouteur RA, Kornegay JN, Higgins RJ. Late onset progressive cerebellar degeneration of Brittany spaniel dogs. Proc Annu Meet Coll Vet Intern Med 1988:657-658.