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Proposed research priorities and research questions to improve our understanding of SDM in rheumatoid arthritis.

Research components	Research priorities	Research questions
1. Shared decision making process at the level of clinical consultation	• Assess if and how shared decision making happens in diverse clinical consultations for rheumatoid arthritis.	• What are the different decisions facing patients with rheumatoid arthritis at the different steps of their care process?
2. Strategies to foster shared decision making in rheumatoid arthritis.	• Pursue development of new decision aids using adaptative and computer-assisted designs. • Pursue large-scale pragmatic randomized trials of decision aids and/or clinician training to determine their effectiveness. • Expand innovative SDM strategies such as shared goals and preference phenotypes.	• Are there more effective implementation strategies beyond the learning collaborative to support uptake of SDM in clinical practice? • Is there a differential effect of SDM tools among persons with limited health literacy?
3. Measuring SDM and its impact in clinical practice	• Following consensus on Core Outcome Domains for SDM, identify valid, reliable and easy-to-use tools to measure the impact of SDM in clinical practice.	• Does SDM improve rheumatoid arthritis outcomes (e.g. disease activity, quality of life)? • Can SDM reduce disparities in health outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis?