Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are open to all who are interested.  They cover a general topic area but do not start and stop as specific projects come and go. They are ongoing bodies that examine issues related to their specified topics relevant to the interests of IHTSDO and its members and community.  Each Special Interest Group reports to a specific Standing Committee, as specified below. 

Current SIGs include:

• Topic Based SIGs
  • Concept Model (Content Committee & Technical Committee) - Co-chairs Stan Huff & Andrew James  
  • Education (Implementation & Innovation Committee) - Chair Sarah Ryan 
  • Implementation (Implementation & Innovation Committee) - Chair Jay Kola, Vice-Chair Beverly Knight
  • Mapping (Technical Committee) - Chair Jim Campbell, co-chairs Kin Wah Fung & Kathy Giannangelo
  • Translation (Quality Assurance Committee) - Chair Jane Howarth, co-chair Karin Ahlzen.

• Professional Specialty SIGs
• Anesthesia (Implementation & Innovation Committee) - Chair Andrew Norton 
• International Family Practice/General Practice (Content Committee) - Nick Booth
• International Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Implementation & Innovation Committee) - Chair Alexis B. Carter
• Nursing (Implementation & Innovation Committee) - Chair Anne Casey, Vice-Chair Susan Matney
• Pharmacy (Content Committee) - Co-chairs Emma Melhuish and Leonora Grandia

To join a Special Interest Group and gain access to collaborative materials produced by that SIG please follow the instruction below:

1. Register for an IHTSDO Collabnet account (click here to register);
2. Log in to your account;
3. Visit the relevant SIG home page (using one of the links) above;
4. Click the "Join this Project" button to the left of the SIG front page.

Please note that registration and joining requests are manually checked, so there may be a delay of one or two working days in completing this process. If problems arise with the process please email collabnet@ihtsdo.org.

Anesthesia SIG Report to the Content Committee October 2009

Concept Model SIG report to the I & I Committee October 2009

Education SIG report to the Quality Assurance Committee October 2009

International Family Practice/General Practice SIG report to the Content Committee April 2010

International Pathology & Laboratory Medicine SIG report to the Content Committee April 2010

Implementation SIG report to the I & I Committee April 2010

Mapping SIG report to the Technical Committee April 2010

Nursing SIG Terms of Reference April 2011

Nursing SIG report to the I & I Committee April 2011 

Nursing SIG report to the Content Committee October 2009

Pharmacy SIG report to the Content Committee October 2009

Translation SIG report to the Quality Committee April 2010