Cochrane Editing Skills Workshop

posted on: 2011-03-09 21:00
Tags: Centres, Low and middle income countries, Review groups, Training

The first Cochrane Editors' training workshop was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2010.  The workshop included participants from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, The Gambia, Cameroon and South Africa. Fourteen experienced Cochrane authors , nominated by Cochrane Review Groups, spent three days on intensive training in editing skills through a course developed and facilitated by staff from the South African Cochrane Centre, the South Asian Cochrane Centre, the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group and the Cochrane Editorial Office. Topics covered included good editorial practice; current key methodological debates in risk of bias, GRADE and structuring of complex Cochrane Reviews; navigating the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions; and enhanced writing and editing skills. The course was designed to build up the skills of these existing authors to be able to take on an editorial role within The Cochrane Collaboration. The course was well-received and participants particularly liked the interactive and practical nature of the sessions. One participant commented, “My intellectual base has been greatly enriched beyond words. I hope to translate the knowledge garnered at the workshop into meaningful and visible use.” Cochrane entities can draw on our experience to convene similar workshops to strengthen editorial capacity.

The workshop was supported by grants from the Cochrane Opportunities Fund, Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Reviews for Africa Programme, Nuffield Foundation and Wiley Publishers for the donation of Cochrane Handbooks and Publication Ethics booklets.

Taryn Young
South African Cochrane Centre
Taryn.Young@mrc.ac.za

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