CCInfo: Electronic news bulletin of The Cochrane Collaboration 3 May 2007 Contents: A. New Resource B. BMG Update C. Workshop – Evidence-Based Health Care D. Call for workshop proposals, Sao Paulo Colloquium E. Job – Scientific Project Manager F. Job – Administrative Assistant G. Next Issue of CCInfo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A. Sender: Richard Stevens [r.j.stevens@sheffield.ac.uk] Subject: Palliative and supportive care resources The first National Knowledge Week on 'Pain in Palliative and Supportive Care' appeared on 30th April and is accessible from the NLH Specialist Library's home page http://www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/. The resources will remain online until the next Annual Evidence Update appears in 12 months time. So if you would like to contribute to the 2008 update, or if you have any comments on how we went about it this time, please use the Contact Us form accessed from the Library home page or email Richard Stevens, Information Specialist, r.j.stevens@sheffield.ac.uk direct. All comments - positive and negative - will be warmly received. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX B. Sender: Jennifer Tetzlaff [jtetzlaff@cheo.on.ca] Subject: BMG Update The Cochrane Bias Methods Group (BMG) would like to announce that Matthias Egger has stepped down from his role as BMG co-convenor, effective March 2007. Matthias was a founding member of the BMG and we thank Matthias very much for his efforts and support as a BMG co-convenor over the past 7 years. We look forward to his continued involvement as a BMG member. The BMG would also like to announce that we will be hosting a bias methods workshop in Edmonton, Canada in early December 2007. For details please contact Tina Hutchinson at thutchinson@cheo.on.ca. For further information about BMG group membership, methodology research or other interests please visit our website www.chalmersresearch.com/bmg or contact Jennifer Tetzlaff at jtetzlaff@cheo.on.ca. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX C. Sender: Andy Oxman [oxman@online.no] Subject: How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care Workshop Workshop: 9th Rocky Mountain Workshop on How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care Host: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics Date: August 5-9, 2007 Location: Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA) Details: This five-day workshop will focus on teaching the basics of, and developing further insights into, the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health services. The practical strategies taught at the EBHC Workshop have been developed over the past three decades by clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health economists and others working together to combine basic scientific principles with common sense. The workshop faculty includes leading evidence-based health care researchers and educators. Past participants have included physicians, nurses, policy makers, physical therapists, medical librarians, health care journalists, health care consumer advocates and educators. Contact: Jennifer McIntyre, jennifer.mcintyre@uchsc.edu or go to the website http://ebhc.uchsc.edu for more information. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D. Sender: Julian Higgins [workshops@cochrane-smg.org] Subject: Call for workshop proposals, Sao Paulo Colloquium Workshop proposals are invited for the XV Cochrane Colloquium in Sao Paulo, Brazil (23-27 October 2007). The deadline for proposals is May 14. Details of the call should appear on the Colloquium website (www.colloquiumbrasil.info), although some technical difficulties have resulted in a short delay. In the mean time, a submission form is available from www.cochrane-smg.org/Workshopsubmissionform.doc XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E. Sender: Markus Follmann [markus.follmann@iqwig.de] Subject: Job Ad – Scientific Project Manager Position: Scientific Project Manager / Dep. Quality of Health Care Organisation: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health care / IQWiG Location: Cologne, Germany Application deadline: 15 June 2007 Contact: Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen - Personalmanagement Frau Dr. Hanna Kirchner Leiterin des Ressorts Versorgungsqualität Dillenburger Str. 27 D-51105 Köln Web: http://www.iqwig.de/index.366.html As a rule, applicants are expected to have a good command of the German language. Therefore the job posting is available only in German. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX F. Sender: Tina Leonard [tina.leonard@nottingham.ac.uk] Subject: Job Ad – Administrative Assistant Position: Administrative Assistant (Fixed-term, part-time) Organisation: Cochrane Skin Group Location: Nottingham, UK Application deadline: 21 May 2007 Contact: Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr T Leonard, Managing Editor and Review Group Co-ordinator at Tina.Leonard@Nottingham.ac.uk; or contact the Human Resources Department, The University of Nottingham, King’s Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR Tel: 0115 951 3264 Fax: 0115 951 5205 Web: For more details and/or to apply on-line please access: http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/VJF770X1/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX G. Sender: Cheryl Arratoon [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Next Issue of CCInfo The next issue of CCInfo will be published 17 May 2007. Please submit your items to cochrane@uottawa.ca and please 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. regards, Cheryl Cheryl Arratoon Knowledge Broker Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre 1 Stewart St (227) Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5 Email: cochrane@uottawa.ca Web: www.ccnc.cochrane.org XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the CCInfo list, please go to http://lists.cochrane.org/mailman/listinfo/ccinfo, or contact the Editor at cochrane@uottawa.ca