Multimedia from Evidence on Trial Symposium, March 2010

On 22 March 2010, the New Zealand Branch of the Australasian Cochrane Centre in association with the New Zealand Guidelines Group hosted a symposium in Auckland to coincide with the mid-year meetings of The Cochrane Collaboration. The theme of the symposium was ‘Evidence on trial: has it made an impact on health’.

Introduction to evidence and The Cochrane Collaboration
Sally Green, Australasian Cochrane Centre 

Globalising evidence
Alessandro Liberati, Italian Cochrane Centre 

Has evidence made a difference in developing countries
Prathap Tharyan, Christian Medical College, Vellore

Evidence: beyond RCTs
Rebecca Armstrong, Cochrane Public Health Group

Evidence: can we trust it?
Lisa Bero, University of California, San Francisco

Evidence: do patients trust it?
Liz Whamond, Cochrane Consumer Network

Changing practice: primary care PEARLS
Bruce Arroll, Cochrane Primary Health Care Field

Changing practice: secondary care
Russell Gruen, Monash University

Changing practice: what works, what doesn’t
Jeremy Grimshaw, Cochrane EPOC Group

Evidence: can we teach it?
Rod Jackson, University of Auckland

The future of The Cochrane Library: what will it look like?
David Tovey, The Cochrane Library