Geographical Group Reporting Submission

Group Cochrane Ireland

Name Nikita Burke

Activity name / title ESI/Cochrane Ireland Fellowship Scheme

Which function does this relate to?

Tier one Support and develop the community of Cochrane members

Tier two Support review production through training and membership

Tier three Act as a coordinating centre for Cochrane activities

Tier four N/A

Evidence production Other review and evidence production

If other, please explain Each year, we place approx 1/3 of our Fellows on Cochrane reviews (5 out of 12 in 2022). However, this year with the closure of Cochrane review groups, this was more difficult.

Date

Start date 01-01-2023

on-going Yes

Why is 'on-going' We launch a call three times a year, Fellows continue to work on reviews

Was this activity in collaboration with other organization(s) or partner(s)? If so which? Yes

Name of the organization(s) or partner(s) WHO, EPPI-Centre, Warwick Evidence, HSRU Aberdeen

Person to contact if any queries about this activity Nikita Burke
nikita.burke@universityofgalway.ie

Type of activity Trainings, learning opportunities, workshops, Evidence production

If specific challenges were encountered in carrying out this activity, please note here Challenges finding Fellowship placement opportunities for Fellows since the review groups shut down

Please give additional activity details (i.e., reach, impact, duration, return on investment) To date in 2023, we have placed 10 Fellows on reviews providing evidence for the NIHR, WHO, the EU NITAGs and more. Fellows come from clinical backgrounds in higher specialist training, are academic researchers etc. We also placed one Fellow from an LMIC with a Host Centre in London, to work on a project relating to the methodology of evidence syntheses.

Link and documents

Link Outline of our Fellowship Scheme

By checking this box, my center consents to the use of these photos for Cochrane internal and external purposes, such as websites, reports, social media, etc. No