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  • Cochrane in Chile: a new centre for evidence-based decision making in health care
    Cochrane’s Iberoamerican Network is delighted to announce the formation of a new Cochrane Centre to enhance health decision-making in Chile. Cochrane Chile will promote evidence-informed health decision-making by supporting and training new Chilean authors of Cochrane Reviews, as well as working with clinicians, professional associations, policy-…
  • The inside scoop on Cochrane Crowd
    From little things, big things grow. Cochrane Crowd, Cochrane’s citizen science platform, now has 7500+ contributors who have notched over 1.5 million classifications. Here Anna Noel-Storr, Co-Lead of Cochrane Crowd, shares the story of Cochrane Crowd and how the platform may evolve in the future. It often takes a combination of factors,…
  • Edinburgh streets
    The website for the 25th annual Cochrane Colloquium, taking place in Edinburgh from 16-18 September 2018, is now live. Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh will be a Patients Included event that is co-designed, co-produced and co-presented by healthcare consumers and where everyone’s input is valued equally. Registration is scheduled to…
  • Guidance for the re-accreditation process for Cochrane Review Groups
    Following its meeting in Cape Town in September 2017, Cochrane’s Governing Board approved the Structure & Function of Cochrane Review Groups: Implementation of the Networks and Editorial Board Plan. As part of this plan, every CRG will need to be re-accredited every five years in order to continue as a Cochrane Group. To support this process…
  • Learning from the changes in the Consumers and Communication Group
    Dr. Sophie Hill, Co-ordinating Editor of the Consumers and Communication Group shares an overview of some of the changes in her Cochrane Group so that others in the Cochrane Community can learn from them.  In the Consumers and Communication Group we have made some changes lately you might like to hear about as we are finding they greatly…
  • Agenda and open access papers now available for the Governing Board's December virtual meeting
    The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Governing Board virtual meeting on 12 December 2017 are now available. Cochrane's governing body is the Board, comprising 13 members of whom some are elected by Cochrane’s contributors and some are external members appointed by the Board. The Board is responsible for overseeing…
  • Information about search and browse issues in the Cochrane Library
    Customer feedback on the functionality of the Cochrane Library is welcomed; see information on how to contact Wiley customer services. Wiley and Cochrane monitor the feedback, and from time to time, significant issues are raised. There are three issues at the moment that may particularly impact users, including the Cochrane community, and we are…
  • Request for comments on draft
    Request for comments on draft “Interim guidance on how to decide whether to incorporate clinical study reports and other regulatory documents into Cochrane Reviews” - *DEADLINE 22nd December 2017* A Cochrane funded (Methods Innovation Fund) project has developed guidance on when to consider regulatory data for inclusion in Cochrane Reviews.…
  • Cochrane seeks an Associate Editor
    Post: Associate Editor Location: Flexible Specifications:  Full time/part-time. Permanent contract, subject to 6-month probationary period Salary: Up to £45,000 dependent on skills and experience Closing date for applications:  30th November 2017  Context Cochrane is creating eight new Networks of Cochrane…
  • Announcing the full launch of Cochrane Interactive Learning
    Cochrane is delighted to announce the full launch of all nine modules of its new online introductory training course on how to conduct a systematic review of interventions, available at interactivelearning.cochrane.org. Cochrane authors and other producers of systematic reviews from across the world will be able to access self-directed learning…
  • Cochrane Germany Foundation now official
    On October 26, 2017, the independent and non-profit Cochrane Germany Foundation (Cochrane Deutschland Stiftung, CDS) was officially established with an office in Freiburg. The German Federal Ministry of Health will support the foundation with an amount of up to one Million Euro annually to ensure that the activities of Cochrane Germany can…
  • Call for submissions: Fast-Track Service
    Open for submissions until 31 December 2017 Call for submissions Cochrane is piloting a Fast-Track Service. This is a ‘journal-like’ process whereby high-quality, MECIR-compliant reviews that require no major revision, can be submitted directly into an accelerated editorial process. We aim for a turnaround of three months from submission to…
  • Cochrane Classmate – where your students want to learn
    Cochrane Classmate, launched at the Global Evidence Summit in September, could change how evidence production is taught in classrooms around the world. From the people that brought you Cochrane Crowd, we present Cochrane Classmate: a trainers’ toolkit that lets you create exciting, interactive tasks to help your students learn about evidence…
  • Evidence Aid announces Humanitarian Evidence Week 2017
    From 6-12 November, Evidence Aid is organising the Humanitarian Evidence Week 2017 (HEW2017) – one week of blogs, webinars, training, debates, and other initiatives to promote a more evidence-based approach to humanitarian aid. For the HEW2017, Evidence Aid has brought together more than 20 organisations to create a platform highlighting their…
  • Cochrane Translations - Making Cochrane podcasts more relevant to a Brazilian audience
    The Brazilian translation team have been modifying English language Cochrane podcast scripts before translating them into Portuguese, in order to make them more suitable for their local audience. Patricia Logullo, translation editor at Cochrane Brazil, tells us more about the changes made to the scripts, and how listeners have responded. How did…
  • Cochrane in numbers: July-September 2017
    Cochrane’s organizational Dashboard presents our achievements in key metrics. We use it as an excellent tool to reflect on our accomplishments on a quarterly basis. Here are just a few highlights from Q3 2017: Cochrane South Africa successfully hosted the Global Evidence Summit (GES) in Cape Town in September with four other organizations.…
  • Cochrane welcomes Cochrane Argentina
    Cochrane is delighted to announce the official launch of Cochrane Argentina, a new Cochrane centre with a vision to increase the use of best evidence to inform healthcare decision making throughout Argentina. Cochrane Argentina consists of three institutions working in collaboration: Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS, Buenos…
  • Farewell to Miranda Cumpston
    Dear Cochrane community colleagues,   I am writing to inform you that after 14 years working with Cochrane our Head of Learning and Support, Miranda Cumpston, has decided now is the time to pursue new life and career opportunities and sadly will be leaving us at the end of the year.   Miranda has led the Learning and Support Department…
  • Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative: Keeping Wikipedia content up to date
    Jennifer Dawson works with Cochrane’s Communications and External Affairs team as a Wikipedia Consultant. Her role includes maintaining and building further relations with Wikipedia, connecting new editors to the Wikipedia community, and supporting requests for engagement in Wikipedia work from the Cochrane community. This blog post shares…
  • 2017 Annual General Meeting presentations now available
    The recordings from this year’s Annual General Meeting are now available! Watch Governing Board Co-Chair Cindy Farquhar; CEO Mark Wilson; Deputy Editor in Chief Karla Soares-Weiser; and Treasurer Martin Burton give their views on Cochrane’s performance in 2017 and plans for the organization’s future. Cochrane AGM videos: officers’ reports The…
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