CCInfo: Electronic news bulletin of The Cochrane Collaboration 17 April 2008 Contents: A. What’s new in The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2008? B. Important changes to The Cochrane Library C. Changes in the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group D. Cochrane newsletters E. Job ad - Trials Search Coordinator F. Job ad - Project Leader, Rx for Change G. Job ad - Data Abstractor, Rx for Change H. Job ad – Review Group Co-ordinator I. Job ad - Trials Search Co-ordinator J. Systematic Review and GRADE event K. Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests: Symposium 2008 L. Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication M. Next Issue of CCInfo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A. Sender: Fabienne Reynolds [freynold@wiley.com] Subject: What’s new in The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2008? Among the Cochrane reviews that were recently updated or appear for the first time in Issue 2, there are 80 new reviews and 52 updated reviews. These cover antibiotics, youth gangs, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer's disease to list just a few. The Library now contains more than 3400 full Cochrane Reviews, and the updated and new reviews cover a wide range of health care. Some of these reviews have been highlighted in Evidence Pods that you can listen to www.cochrane.org/podcasts. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX B. Sender: Fabienne Reynolds [freynold@wiley.com] Subject: Important changes to The Cochrane Library Please note the following changes to The Cochrane Library: Improved status flags The ‘Update’ flag no longer exists and instead has been replaced with the more accurate flags ‘New search’ ‘Conclusions changed’ and ‘Major change’. Changes to the way reviews are displayed Starting with Issue 2, 2008 The Cochrane Library, Cochrane Reviews will progressively be enhanced with the following additional features to reflect the upgrade to Revman 5: - Author Affiliations and Contact details are now displayed - WHAT’S NEW? Section added - Introduction of Summary of Findings Table - Introduction of Risk of Bias Table For full details of the changes, go to www.thecochranelibrary.com and select important changes to The Cochrane Library under What’s New in Issue 2, 2008? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX C. Sender: Amy Kavanagh [Amy.Kavanagh@manchester.ac.uk] Subject: Changes in the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group The Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group are pleased to announce that Dr Helen Handoll will be joining Prof Rajan Madhok as a Co-ordinating Editor. Helen has been involved with the Collaboration since 1994 and has previously served as an Editor, as well as the first Review Group Co-ordinator, for the Group. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Helen in her new role as joint Co-ordinating Editor and we look forward to working with her in this capacity. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D. Sender: Cheryl Arratoon [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Cochrane newsletters Issue 42 of Cochrane News, the international newsletter of The Cochrane Collaboration is now available at www.cochrane.org/newslett/index.htm. The latest issue of the Child Health Field newsletter is now posted at www.cochrane.org/newslett/index.htm. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E. Sender: Alain Mayhew [al.mayhew@uottawa.ca] Subject: Job ad - Trials Search Coordinator Position: Trials Search Coordinator (Information Specialist) full-time Organisation: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group (EPOC) Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada The Trials Search Coordinator performs a key information management role and is responsible, under broad direction from the Coordinating Editor, for assisting authors of systematic reviews with the literature search component of their review, for the maintenance and development of the Group’s specialised register (currently comprised of over 6000 studies), and other duties as specified. Application deadline: 24 April 2008 Contact: Alain Mayhew (al.mayhew@uottawa.ca). Full job description is available upon request. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX F. Sender: Alain Mayhew [al.mayhew@uottawa.ca] Subject: Job ad - Project Leader, Rx for Change Position: Project Leader, Rx for Change Term: April 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009 (full time) Organisation: In collaboration with The Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CC&CRG) and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Group. Location: Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada The Project Leader will be part of a team working on an update of an existing overview of systematic reviews of interventions to improve evidence based prescribing practice and drug use. The findings are currently presented in an online inventory of interventions database (www.rxforchange.ca). Application deadline: April 24, 2008 Contact: Alain Mayhew (al.mayhew@uottawa.ca). Full job description is available upon request. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX G. Sender: Alain Mayhew [al.mayhew@uottawa.ca] Subject: Job ad - Data Abstractor, Rx for Change Position: Data Abstractor, Rx for Change Term: April 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009 (full time) Organisation: In collaboration with The Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group (CC&CRG) and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Group. Location: Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada The Data Abstractor will be part of a team working on an update of an existing overview of systematic reviews of interventions to improve evidence based prescribing practice and drug use. The findings are currently presented in an online inventory of interventions database (www.rxforchange.ca). Application deadline: April 31, 2008 Contact: Alain Mayhew (al.mayhew@uottawa.ca). Full job description is available upon request. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX H. Sender: Paul Moayyedi [moayyep@mcmaster.ca] Subject: Job ad – Review Group Co-ordinator Position: Review Group Co-ordinator Organisation: Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease (UGPD) Review Group Location: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada The main duties will be to undertake the day to day management of the Group to ensure that reviews are produced by contributors to the Group, published and updated. Contact: For a full job description and to express interest, contact McMaster Human Resources Fax: 905-526-6623 with a CV for the J02177 Research Coordinator position or contact Dr Paul Moayyedi e-mail moayyep@mcmaster.ca. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I. Sender: Paul Moayyedi [moayyep@mcmaster.ca] Subject: Job ad - Trials Search Co-ordinator Position: Trials Search Co-ordinator Organisation: Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Disease (UGPD) Review Group Location: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada The main duties are to design search strategies in collaboration with review authors at both protocol and review stages and run searches in MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library and other databases as required. Contact: For a full job description or to apply, contact Dr Paul Moayyedi e-mail moayyep@mcmaster.ca, telephone 905 521 2100 ext 76764. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX J. Sender: Holger Schunemann [hjs@buffalo.eduschuneh@mcmaster.ca] Subject: Systematic Review and GRADE event Event: Writing, GRADEing and Using Systematic Reviews Symposium and Workshop Host: Faculty of the GRADE Working Group and the Cochrane Collaboration Date: 8-9 May 2008 Location: Rome, Italy During the first half of the event international speakers will present about systematic reviews, guideline development, the GRADE approach, and their use in practice and policy. The second half is a practical workshop to apply Cochrane methods to write a systematic review and to use GRADE to interpret and present results in the review. Participants will benefit from small group sessions, hands-on practice, and experienced faculty. Sessions will be provided primarily in English with Italian translations. Symposium fee € 25; workshop fee (including materials, breaks, lunches and dinner) € 300. Website: Visit www.gradepro.org/romeworkshop for more information and registration. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX K. Sender: Jon Deeks [j.deeks@bham.ac.uk] Subject: Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests: Symposium 2008 Event: Methods for Evaluating Medical Tests: Symposium 2008 Host: Diagnostic Research Group in the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology Date: 24-25 July 2008 Location: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Birmingham, UK Details: www.medical-test-res.bham.ac.uk/symposium2008 Themes for 2008: 1. Methodological Issues in studies of test accuracy 2. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic tests 3. Monitoring, prognosis and other purposes of tests 4. Evaluating impacts of tests on patients and resources 5. Applying evaluations in practice Registration closes 1 July 2008, early registration until 31 May 2008. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX L. Sender: Jeni Reiling [Jeni.Reiling@jama-archives.org] Subject: Sixth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication Host: JAMA and BMJ Publishing Group Date: 10-12 September 2009 Location: Vancouver, Canada Details: www.jama-peer.org XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX M. Sender: Cheryl Arratoon [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Next Issue of CCInfo The next issue of CCInfo will be published 1 May 2008. Please submit your items to cochrane@uottawa.ca and include "CCInfo" in the subject line. Unless you request otherwise, your submissions to the CCInfo may be duplicated in other regular Cochrane Collaboration news channels such as Cochrane News and the Cochrane Collaboration web site, at the discretion of the editors. 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