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Applying house style to Cochrane reviews using the Cochrane Style Guide and Review Manager |
Objectives:
The purpose of this workshop is to:
(1) familiarize participants with the new Cochrane Style Basics;
(2) demonstrate features in Review Manager (RevMan) that can be used to check reviews and protocols before submission;
(3) provide an opportunity for participants to discuss ways of implementing Cochrane Style Basics in RevMan.
Description:
The Cochrane Style Guide is widely used by people responsible for copy editing, such as Review Group Co-ordinators and other interested people (including some review authors). However, the Cochrane Style Guide Working Group identified the need for a summary document, specifically for review authors, that incorporates some of the most essential style elements that authors should address before sending their Cochrane review to the editorial base; these include writing abbreviations, presenting statistical results, and reference style.
The Cochrane Style Guide Working Group has designed a two-page summary of the Cochrane Style Guide (Cochrane Style Basics) that contains these essential items, in a format that editorial bases can modify according to their needs. The Cochrane Style Basics could help prevent common copy-editing errors.
The workshop will consist of two parts:
Part 1. An introduction to Cochrane Style Basics including a practical exercise to familiarize participants with its contents.
Part 2. A demonstration of how to implement aspects of Cochrane Style Basics in RevMan and use features of RevMan to check a protocol or review before submission.
We will provide copies of Cochrane Style Basics.
Target audience:
Review Group Co-ordinators and Trials Search Co-ordinators.
Style of workshop:
Training workshop
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Melbourne 2005 W-46