90-120 minutes
What you can expect to learn (learning outcomes)
This module will teach you to:
- Identify ways of ensuring consistency in a Cochrane Review
- Identify elements of the ‘Summary of findings’ table
- Decide how to present an outcome in a ‘Summary of findings’ table
- Identify the elements of good reporting of systematic review results
- Understand the purpose of ‘Authors’ conclusions’ in a Cochrane Review
- Recognize features of a Cochrane Review abstract
- Recognize the vocabulary appropriate for the PLSs
Authors, contributors, and how to cite this module
Module 8 has been written and compiled by:
Dario Sambunjak, Miranda Cumpston and Chris Watts, Cochrane Central Executive Team..
Toby Lasserson and Nuala Livingstone from Cochrane Editorial Unit.
Nancy Santesso, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
A full list of acknowledgements is available in the ‘About’ section within the module.
This module should be cited as: Sambunjak D, Cumpston M, Watts C, Lasserson T, Livingstone N, Mitchell D, Santesso N. Module 8: Reporting the review. In: Cochrane Interactive Learning: Conducting an intervention review. Cochrane, 2017. Available from interactivelearning.cochrane.org/module-8.
Update and feedback
The module was last updated in January 2025.
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