Consultation rounds
The aim of consultation round 1, involving the
AHA Membership, was to generate the content
for the AHA Guidelines through a series of
facilitated,
face-to-face, small group discussions
held at the annual AHA Summit in 2011
(Table 1). Following this, the content was drafted
into hepatitis B, hepatitis C, ALD and HCC
guidelines, which were circulated to the AHA
Membership for further consultation to ensure
the content represented the discussions in round 1
and reflected the hepatology nurse’s role in each
disease area (consultation round 2).