What are clinical guidelines?

The clinical guidelines provided are a selection of evidence-based guidelines or 'treatment protocols' for medical professionals treating injured workers in Queensland.

We compiled this selection to create a resource of guidelines that have been successfully applied to practice. We selected guidelines where:

• medical providers were consulted
• nurse and allied health providers identified relevant areas to include
• medical specialty groups endorsed the guidelines
• an effective promotion program was used
• patient education brochures or fact sheets for general practitioners to provide to their patients were developed
• an education strategy included the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program
• frameworks for evaluating the guidelines effectiveness were developed ahead or simultaneously with the guidelines themselves.

The guidelines include those used by other workers' compensation jurisdictions and medical bodies.

Useful links

National Guideline Clearinghouse

National Health and Medical Research Council

Accident Compensation Corporation (NZ)