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Issue 5 of The Cochrane Library now available
Issue 5, 2012 of The Cochrane Library is now available! New and updated reviews on interventions for multiple myeloma, smoking cessation, polypharmacy for older people, and more.
posted on: 18 May 2012 - 14:15
Maternity cover - Programme Manager for UK Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review Support Unit - Birmingham, UK
Programme Manager for UK Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Review Support UnitCollege of Medical and Dental SciencesUniversity of Birmingham - School of Health and Population SciencesSalary from £27,578 to £38,140 a year
posted on: 17 May 2012 - 15:45
Steering Group Bulletin 14 now available
The 14th edition of the Steering Group Bulletin, reporting the latest news from the Collaboration's Board of Trustees, is now available.This issue brings you the highlights from the recent Steering Group meeting in Paris, April 2012.
posted on: 14 May 2012 - 17:23
Managing Editor - Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group - Oxford, UK
A Managing Editor is required to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group’s editorial base in Oxford, UK.
posted on: 14 May 2012 - 11:50
Invitation to participate in drafting Cochrane interventions for the 2012 World Health Assembly
In January 2011, The Cochrane Collaboration became a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) and was awarded a seat on the World Health Assembly, the WHO's decision-making body.From 21-26 May 2012, the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA) will...
posted on: 9 May 2012 - 21:56

Latest Events

Flexible learning: EPPI-Centre Masters-level courses can now be taken completely online
Two new, fully online, modules are now available for the MSc in Research for public policy and practice (launched in 2005, as Evidence for Public Policy and Practice). It is now possible to study for the MSc entirely at a venue of your own choice, at a distance from the EPPI-...
posted on: 15 Jul 2011 - 15:19
Mentored Training: Systematic Reviews in Health Care - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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posted on: 4 Nov 2011 - 20:15
Methods for Research Synthesis: from meta-analysis to meta-ethnography - online course
An online course run by the EPPI-Centre, Institute of Education, University of London, UK, on the theory and practice of qualitative and quantitative approaches to synthesis.
posted on: 19 Feb 2012 - 11:36
How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care - Holmsbu, Norway
Event: The 13th Nordic Workshop on How to Practice Evidence-Based Health CareHost: The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health ServicesLocation: Holmsbu, NorwayDate: 21-25 May 2012Details: This five-day workshop (Mon 2 p.m. - Fri 2 p.m.) will focus on teaching the basics of, and developing...
posted on: 13 Feb 2012 - 20:01
Preparation and completion of a Cochrane review - Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: 24 May 2012Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 
posted on: 15 Dec 2011 - 10:27

Latest Blog Entries

Cochrane for Dummies: by Anna Joseph, a laywoman-turned-Cochrane enthusiast
Anna Joseph is the recently-appointed Communications Officer of the South Asian Cochrane Network and Centre, based in India. Anna, who holds a post-graduate degree in Mass Communication, has editorial experience in print and electronic media. As a face of the Cochrane Collaboration, she...
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Cochrane @ PubMed Health: another audience for reviews
Hilda Bastian is a long-time contributor to The Cochrane Collaboration and currently works at the US National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Institutes of Health. She is responsible for the development of PubMed Health.
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A vision for growth
As a non-health professional, Mingming Zhang has been actively involved raising awareness on behalf of non-English speakers and members of developing countries where The Cochrane Collaboration is less recognised. She is a WHO patient safety champion in China as well as a member of a working party...
All terms: Consumer Network, Evidence-based health care, Low and middle income countries
A reality check for systematic reviewers
Sir Iain Chalmers is one of the founding members of The Cochrane Collaboration. Since his retirement as Director of the UK Cochrane Centre in 2003, he has worked with the James Lind Alliance, based in Oxford, UK, which focuses on bringing patients, carers and clinicians together to identify and...
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"Consumers - an ever more significant resource for The Cochrane Collaboration"
Silvana Simi is a long-time and active Cochrane contributor, in addition to her work for the National Research Council in her native Italy. Here she discusses what brought her into The Cochrane Collaboration initially, and the importance of making healthcare information widely available. Cross-...
All terms: Cochrane Reviews, Consumer Network, Evidence-based health care

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