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Introduction to writing a Cochrane Review - Townsville, QLD, Australia
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Cochrane mid-year meetings 2014 - Panama
The Cochrane mid-year meetings in 2014 will take place in Panama from 30 March to 5 April 2014.Dates: 30 March to 5 April 2014
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Topic list for Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field related reviews on Cochrane.org
The Cochrane Complementary Medicine (CAM) Field published a paper in the Mar/Apr 2011 issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, describing the development and classification of an operational definition of CAM for The Cochrane Collaboration (i.e. a CAM Field “topics list”).
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All terms: Cochrane Reviews, Fields
What about the outcomes? A consumer point of view.
I have to admit that I have always had problems with outcomes. Death is sometimes listed as a primary outcome, sometimes a secondary outcome; quality of life wanders likewise between the two, as does pain and days in hospital.  
All terms: Consumer Network, Training
How Well Do Meta-Analyses Disclose Conflicts of Interests in Underlying Research Studies
A recent study published in JAMA reviewed 29 meta-analyses from high impact journals and found that conflicts of interests in the studies underlying the meta-analyses were rarely disclosed. The 29 meta-analyses included 11 from general medicine journals; 15 from specialty medicine journals,...
All terms: Consumer Network
Cochrane Canada Builds Capacity for Webinars and Conducting Reviews
In April 2011, the Canadian Cochrane Centre conducted their first capacity building event for staff with several Cochrane Canada groups, PAHO/WHO, and the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre for conducting webinars. Attendees learned the webinar platform’s functionality, tips and tricks for conducting...
All terms: Authors, Cochrane Reviews
Health Evidence - information service for public health decision makers
Health Evidence is a Canadian service and research organization located at McMaster University, Hamilton, aimed at assisting public health decision makers in using research evidence. Health Evidence offers a suite of services to support the development of knowledge, skill and culture for evidence-...
All terms: Evidence-based health care

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