August 2021 (next issue October 2021)
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1) Cochrane’s Methods Symposium on public health evidence synthesis and complex interventions. 2) Tackling methodological challenges in public health reviews. 3) Upcoming webinars and events on prospective meta-analysis, how to consider the individual and the population perspective in systematic reviews and World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day 2021. 4) New resources including 'first-look' chapters from the new version of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy, an online learning model on systematic reviews of prognosis studies online learning module, recordings from 'A day with… Statistical Methods Group', and more. 5) Meet Anneke Damen from Prognosis Methods Group. 6) And much more!
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1) Cochrane’s Methods Symposium on public health evidence synthesis and complex interventions Cochrane’s Methods Executive is hosting the annual Methods Symposium as a virtual event. With a stellar speaker line-up, the first and second sessions are on 12 and 18 October 2021, respectively. Also includes a methods implementation surgery. Open to all, register for free and recording will be made available. Share on social media that you’re going using #CochraneMethodsSymp! 2) Tackling methodological challenges in public health reviews Announcing a new programme of work to improve the quality and impact of Cochrane Reviews, which includes five methods-related projects that focus on delivering user-friendly resources to improve the planning, conduct and reporting of methods in public health reviews. There will be opportunities to get involved via TaskExchange.
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Can you help out on methods-related tasks? Browse TaskExchange to see what other opportunities are available (make sure to filter by your specific skills). For more information on how to sign up and use the platform, please see these instructions.
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Meet Anneke Damen of the Prognosis Methods Group
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1) What's the aim of the Methods Group and who else is involved? The Prognosis Methods Group focuses on the development, validation, dissemination and communication of methods and guidance for performing Cochrane Reviews of prognosis studies. The Group is led by Convenors Karel Moons (UMC Utrecht, Netherlands), Richard Riley (Keele University, UK), Jill Hayden (Dalhousie University, USA) and Katrina Williams (Monash University, Australia), and supported by me as Coordinator. 2) What do you do outside of the Methods Group? I'm involved in several methodological and applied projects related to both primary prognosis studies and systematic reviews of prognosis studies. With Cochrane Netherlands we perform numerous commissioned reviews for, e.g., the Dutch Healthcare Institute. I teach several courses to Bachelor, Master and postdoctoral students in Medicine and Health Sciences, and I am member of the institutional medical ethical review board.
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3) What's your favourite thing about Cochrane? I really like working together with an international team of experienced and dedicated researchers, to improve the quality and impact of systematic reviews, particularly in this new but very rapidly emerging field of prognosis studies. 4) If you were stuck on a desert island, what would you take and why? My laptop, as I will have lots of time to finally finish screening and data-extraction! And of course water, sunscreen and books.
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