A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. This year, the cochrane collaboration reached its 20th anniversary. Consequently, there is a constant stream of new optometryrelated research available in. Methodological resources and training cochrane methods. The cochrane collaboration is named after a uk doctor, archie cochrane. Cochrane previously known as the cochrane collaboration is a british international charitable organisation formed to organise medical research findings to facilitate evidencebased choices about health interventions involving health professionals, patients and policy makers. Learn more about the purpose of cochrane and the role of. The cochrane is, legally speaking, a charity registered in britain. International collaboration of this sort has alreadyshowndividends. It is the main output of the cochrane collaboration and aims to bring together in one place reliable information about the effects of health care treatments or interventions. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 5k, or click on a.
Random reflections on health services, 3 published in 1972. We introduce a series of articles, which form this special issue. In the early 1970s, dr cochrane aroused a lot of interest by pointing out that many decisions in health care are made without reliable, uptodate. The cochrane collaboration recommends a specific tool for assessing risk of bias in each included study. Relevant urls fulltext if available the fulltext of this handbook is freely available from. Cochranes 11,000 members and over 68,000 supporters come from more than countries, worldwide. The cochrane collaboration, an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping clinicians, researchers, purchasers, and patients make healthcare decisions based on uptodate, reliable, and accurate information, is partnering with the nyu college of dentistry nyu dentistry to train nyu. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website.
So i took greater interest than usual in the latest results from the cochrane collaboration. The gist of the book is that evaluation of clinical procedures should depend on the results of randomized clinical trials. In the cochrane library health care is broadly defined, so in addition to many hundreds of. Learn to identify, understand and address many of the common complexities that. Previously known as the cochrane collaboration, cochrane is an international and independent nonprofit organisation established in 1993 aimed at providing uptodate, accurate information about the effects of healthcare available worldwide. The validity of test comparisons is not directly considered in this chapter, but it is of utmost importance when drawing conclusions about comparisons of tests, and is discussed in depth in chapter 10 and chapter 11. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Cochrane collaboration glossary the cochrane collaboration glossary contains definitions of research methodology terms and gives details of the structure and roles of staff within the collaboration. Guidelines for the writing and processing of cochrane. Jacqueline chandler 3, miranda cumpston 4,5, tianjing li 6, matthew page 4, vivian welch 7.
Acc guide to the cochrane library what is the cochrane. Cochrane is a global independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making the vast amounts of evidence generated through research useful for informing decisions about health. Just like any library, the cochrane library is a collection of resources. Dr cochrane studied patterns of disease and how these relate to the environment and life patterns. Armstrong r, waters e, roberts h, oliver s, anderson l and petticrew m. The cochrane collaboration is an international, non profit organisation established in 1993 to fulfill the mis sion of helping people make wellinformed decisions. This article has been cited by other articles in pmc. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, and people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere. The statistical methods group has played a pivotal role in the cochrane collaboration over the past 20 years. Relevant urls fulltext if available, the fulltext of this handbook is freely available from. Basic and clinical research that is related to optometric clinical practice is always being conducted at many sites worldwide.
The cochrane collaboration selects nyu dentistry for first north american training initiative. Although intended primarily for clinicians and researchers, the cochrane library contains much information that is directly relevant to. Cochrane colloquium toronto cancelled dear cochrane colloquium colleagues and friends,it is with the deepest disappointment and regret that i announce the cancellation of cochrane colloquium toronto scheduled for october 47, 2020, as a result of the continued spread and impact of covid19 coronavirus across the. Collaboration handbook, both directly and indirectly through workshops, helpful suggestions and. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The cochrane collaboration the cochrane collaboration is a unique, independent, notforprofit, charitable, international organisation that is named after archie cochrane 19091988, a british epidemiologist, who advocated the use of reliable evidence from randomised controlled trials in informing decisions about healthcare cochranes global network consists of over 31,000 people from. Your username is the primary email address associated with your cochrane account. Cochrane methods twenty years experience in developing.
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Consumers are encouraged to explore these core learning areas. About the cochrane collaboration cochrane consumer network. The cochrane collaborations vision is that healthcare decisionmaking throughout the world will be informed by high quality, timely research evidence. The cochrane collaboration will play a pivotal role in the production and dissemination of this evidence across all. Registered in england as a company limited by guarantee no. The cochrane collaboration the 22nd cochrane colloquium. Our global independent network gathers and summarizes the best evidence from. Newcomers guide the cochrane collaborations newcomers guide is a collection of information resources charting the. In this paper we set the work of the cochrane collaboration in historical. An introduction to the cochrane collaboration slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The cochrane collaboration evidence based practice in. Rigorousevaluations examining the effectiveness of the implementation ofguidelines and those examining the impact of continuing medical education2 archie cochrane, a british epidemiologist writing over 20years ago, drewattention to our. The cochrane collaboration grew from ideas cochrane presented in a 93page book titled effectiveness and efficiency.
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