This final digest of the year covers a look at Cochrane's future plans and upcoming webinars for 2024.
We hope you find it helpful. Wishing you a happy and peaceful holiday break, however you celebrate.
Contents
Adapting & Advancing: a lot has happened in 2023 as Cochrane prepares for the future
Cochrane group training survey
Three new chapters of the Cochrane-Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis are now available
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods – resources for systematic reviewers
Cochrane Rapid Reviews & Learning Live webinar series
Methods Support Unit web clinic
Wellbeing
1. Adapting & Advancing: a lot has happened in 2023 as Cochrane prepares for the future
The last twelve months have been a busy time for Cochrane. We’ve started making some major changes to keep our place as a global leader in health evidence and to ensure we’re able to meet the health evidence needs of a changing world. Here, we’ve pulled together some of the key achievements in 2023 delivered through our Future of Evidence Synthesis programme.
2. Cochrane group training survey
The Central Executive Team would like to learn more about training activities that you undertake in your Cochrane Group, and we have set up a short Cochrane Group training survey to collect this information.
Your responses will be used to understand training activities going on across Cochrane, help with defining where there are gaps and possible collaboration opportunities with training, and provide insight to inform future training initiatives in the Central Executive Team. We are asking for one response from each Cochrane Group.
Fill out the survey by January 15, and thanks to those Groups who have already done so!
3. Three new chapters of the Cochrane-Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis chapters are now available
Please check the Cochrane Training Website for the new Cochrane-Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis chapters, available for personal use via a Cochrane Account: Chapter 3 (Selecting and using theory), Chapter 12 (Using visual methods to support synthesis) and Chapter 21 (Peer reviewing a protocol or a review).
4. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods – resources for systematic reviewers
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods editors introduce the virtual issue of methods and statistics tutorials: a collection of resources for systematic reviewers. This series provides easily accessible advice to the evidence synthesis community on the common methodological and statistical issues that occur frequently within Cochrane. Linked to each tutorial is a micro-learning module including short videos and quick e-learning checks which complements the article. We hope that practical exercises and easy-to-understand articles will help experienced authors brush up their skills and give a solid grounding for new authors. They can also be used as resources by those educating systematic reviewers. We will be adding articles frequently to build up a library of resources.
5. Cochrane Rapid Reviews & Learning Live webinar series
Please join the Methods Support Unit for our first web clinic of 2024! Leslie Choi will be discussing ‘Updated guidance on how to interpret and assess imprecision with GRADE methods’ at 9am UTC on 11th January. Sign up here.
7. Wellbeing
Cochrane Book Club The Cochrane Book Club meets on the last Wednesday of the month and the theme for the January session is Hidden Gems - we're thinking unusual/out-of-print/obscure books. It is a no pressure, fun, friendly 30 minute chat to discover some great reading recommendations. Contact Muriah for more information and a calendar invite. You can also join the CET books Slack channel.
We know journaling can be good for mental health. But how about taking some time this festive break to reflect on the past year? Here are some suggestions for questions to ask yourself to give some perspective for the new year.
What's coming up at Cochrane? Check out the events page here.
Cochrane's core staff are communicating on Slack - join us!
Cochrane is using Slack, an online collaboration and chat platform, to encourage communication between members of our core community. Find out more here.
Have good wellbeing advice or mood boosting tips? Add them to the CET Wellbeing Slack channel or let us know.
Contact us
If you have any questions about any of the above items, please contact us at support@cochrane.org