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Deputy Co-ordinating Editor announced for Consumers and Communication Group
The Consumers and Communication Review Group is very pleased to announce that we have a new Deputy Coordinating Editor - Dr Rebecca Ryan.Rebecca has been a Research Fellow and Editor with the Group for some years. She is an author of several Cochrane reviews; her profile is here: http://www....
posted on: 4 Jun 2013 - 23:43
Call for papers: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research has issued a call for papers for a special issue on systematic reviews. This includes brief reports on completed Campbell or Cochrane reviews, as well as papers on research synthesis methodologies. The aim is to improve understanding,...
posted on: 4 Jun 2013 - 23:27
Call for nominations: Chris Silagy Prize 2013
This is the call for nominations for the 2013 Chris Silagy Prize, to be awarded at the Quebec Colloquium (19-23 September 2013). We urge you to take this opportunity to nominate colleagues who embody the spirit of the Prize as outlined in the scope below.
posted on: 12 Apr 2013 - 08:09
Call for nominations: Bill Silverman Prize 2013
The Bill Silverman Prize 2013 William (Bill) Silverman (1924-2004) was one of
posted on: 12 Apr 2013 - 05:00
Call for nominations: Anne Anderson Award 2013
Anne Anderson was a contributor to the stream of thinking and effort that gave birth to evidence-based health care. A clinically qualified reproductive physiologist, Anne had an active interest in women’s health, co-editing the first edition of Women’s Problems in General Practice (1983) with Ann...
posted on: 11 Apr 2013 - 12:06

Latest Events

Summer School Systematic Reviews - Krems, Austria
Event: Summer School Systematic ReviewsDate: 8-11 July 2013Location: Austrian Cochrane Branch (ACB), Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, A-3500 Krems an der Donau, lecture room SE 1.7
posted on: 7 Jan 2013 - 14:24
Symposium: Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests & Biomarkers - Birmingham, UK
Event: Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests & BiomarkersDates: 15-16 July 2013
posted on: 19 Nov 2012 - 16:23
Introduction to Systematic Reviews - Gold Coast, Australia
The WorkshopThis workshop provides an introduction to systematic reviews, aimed at clinicians who want to understand how to use a systematic review in their practice.
posted on: 19 Feb 2013 - 01:13
Developing a Cochrane Systematic Review - Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 17-19 July 2013Location: Baltimore, Maryland (USA)Details: This workshop guides participants through the steps of developing a systematic review and includes presentations about Cochrane Collaboration methodology, hands-on practice using the Cochrane Collaboration's Review Manager (RevMan)...
posted on: 27 Mar 2013 - 23:01
Webinar: Summary of Findings tables with GRADE profiler - 30 July 2013
The Cochrane Live webinar series is an opportunity for authors in Australia and the South East Asian region to participate in online, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own desk. Most sessions last around an hour, and cover topics from the basics of planning a review, to...
posted on: 3 Mar 2013 - 05:26

Latest Blog Entries

Reflections on meetings in Oxford
David Tovey is the Editor in Chief of The Cochrane Library, and has been working with the Collaboration in this role since 2009. In this post, he shares his impressions of recent Cochrane and evidence-based health care meetings in Oxford, UK, and considers some of the key themes emerging from...
Comments: 2
All terms: Cochrane contributors, Cochrane Library, Cochrane Reviews, Conferences & Meetings, Evidence-based health care
National free access to The Cochrane Library in India: Freedom may end at midnight…
Prathap Tharyan is the Director of the South Asian Cochrane Network & Centre, based in Vellore, India, and a longtime contributor to the work of The Cochrane Collaboration. Here he reflects on the importance and impact of access to The Cochrane Library to all Indian citizens since 2007, and...
Comments: 1
All terms: Evidence-based health care, Low and middle income countries
It’s new, it’s engaging, it’s Evidently Cochrane!
Sarah Chapman is an Information Specialist at the UK Cochrane Centre, based in Oxford, UK. Here she shares news of her and the Centre’s latest forays into engagement, knowledge translation, and social media to disseminate Cochrane evidence to audiences across the world.
All terms: Centres, Cochrane contributors, Cochrane Reviews, Evidence-based health care, Websites & IT
Providing effective health care to ageing populations, in Africa and beyond
Sue Marcus is the Managing Editor of the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Review Group, based in Oxford, UK. Here she reflects on a recent conference focusing on issues relevant to ageing populations in Africa, on the global nature of many of the issues raised, and on the role of The...
All terms: Conferences & Meetings, Low and middle income countries, Review groups
Eminence vs. evidence
Alan Cassels is the author of the recently published Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease, and is currently writing a social history of The Cochrane Collaboration. Here he presents the essential differences – with illustrative examples – between ‘eminence-based...
Comments: 7
All terms: Cochrane Reviews, Evidence-based health care

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