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Workshop Accounting for missing outcome data in meta-analysis
2014 Hyderabad
Mavridis, Chaimani, Efthimiou, White, Higgins, Salanti
Objectives:
To understand the theory and application of methods used to account for missing outcome data in a meta-analysis.
Description:
Missing outcome data in the included trials reduce the precision in the meta-analysis summary effect. If outcomes are not missing at random, the synthesis…
Workshop Adding evidence to Wikipedia: edit-a-thon
2014 Hyderabad
Easow Mathew, Heilman, Bhaumik, Poore, Belavate
Objectives:
Wikipedia has been accepted worldwide as a source of health information by both lay people, medical students and healthcare professionals. With about 155,000 medical articles getting about 400 million page-views each month, there is an urgent need for ensuring that information…
Workshop Addressing missing participant data in systematic reviews. Part 1: dichotomous outcomes
2014 Hyderabad
Akl, Ebrahim, Kahale, Alonso, Guyatt, Johnston, Briel
Objectives:
To describe how to use an innovative approach to addressing missing participant data for dichotomous outcomes in systematic reviews of randomized trials.
Description:
The workshop will consist of the following:
1. A didactic presentation of methods being used by Cochrane and non…
Workshop Addressing missing participant data in systematic reviews. Part 2: continuous outcomes
2014 Hyderabad
Ebrahim, Akl, Guyatt, Mustafa, Alonso, Johnston, Sun, Walter, Heels-Ansdell
Objectives:
To describe how to use an innovative approach to addressing missing participant data for continuous outcomes in systematic reviews.
Description:
The workshop will consist of the following:
1. An interactive presentation of the proposed approach: a complete case analysis and four…
Workshop Advanced searching masterclass: The Cochrane Library
2014 Hyderabad
Finley
Objectives:
To provide regular users with a general overview of the interface, features and functionality of The Cochrane Library and a review of recent enhancements.
Description:
This workshop is designed for regular searchers of The Cochrane Library. It will provide a general overview of the…
Workshop Advancing methods for overviews of reviews: a discussion of challenges and potential solutions
2014 Hyderabad
Foisy, Dryden, Fernandes, Hartling, Thomson
Objectives:
1) Provide information about the methodological research we are currently conducting to advance overview methods.
2) Group discussions about the challenges involved when conducting overviews, and potential solutions to these challenges. Challenges we have encountered include:…
Workshop An opportunity to learn more about and pilot ROBIS, a new tool to assess the risk of bias in a systematic review
2014 Hyderabad
Whiting, Savovic, Shea, Reeves
Objectives:
Introduction to ROBIS, a tool to assess the risk of bias in a systematic review (i.e. assessing the risk of bias in the review itself, not the primary studies included in the review). The first session will be an overview of the development and structure of ROBIS. The second session…
Workshop Assessing bias due to missing data in a systematic review that includes non-randomised studies (NRS)
2014 Hyderabad
Reeves, Shea, Wells, Sterne, Higgins, Savovic
Objective:
The workshop aims to train review authors to assess the risk of bias due to missing data when including non-randomized studies (NRS) in systematic reviews of interventions, by using an extended risk of bias tool (ACROBAT-NRS).
Description:
Cochrane recommends that review…
Workshop Assessing the risk of confounding and selection bias in a systematic review that includes non-randomized studies (NRS)
2014 Hyderabad
Reeves, Shea, Wells, Sterne, Higgins, Savovic
Objective:
The workshop aims to train review authors to assess the risk of bias due to confounding and selection of participants into groups when including non-randomized studies (NRS) in systematic reviews about the effects of interventions, using an extended risk of bias tool (ACROBAT-NRS).…
Workshop Cochrane and Wikipedia: disseminating evidence
2014 Hyderabad
Easow Mathew, Heilman, Owens, Bhaumik, Poore, Schoonees, Binder
Objectives:
To explore how Cochrane groups can encourage contributions to disseminate evidence using Wikipedia.
Description:
It has been over a year since Cochrane and Wikipedia launched a partnership to improve the evidence-based content in Wikipedia medical articles. The partnership kicked…
Workshop Commenting on Plain Language Summaries
2014 Hyderabad
Struthers, Lyddiatt, McIlwain
Objectives:
Consumers will have the opportunity to discuss the new plain language standards, and use them to develop their skills critiquing Plain Language Summaries (PLS) of Cochrane Reviews. A selection of real reviews will be used to guide participants through the process of becoming a…
Workshop Comparing multiple treatments 1: intervention review or overview?
2014 Hyderabad
Li, Becker
Objectives:
- To introduce key issues in the use of indirect comparisons in Cochrane reviews, including the identification of an appropriate question, the construction of a network map, and the decision about whether an intervention review or an overview is the better format.
- To discuss…
Workshop Comparing multiple treatments 2: statistical methods for network meta-analysis
2014 Hyderabad
Chaimani, Mavridis, Higgins, Salanti
Objectives:
To understand the statistical methodology of network meta-analyses and the assumption of consistency.
Description:
This is the second of two workshops about how to conduct Cochrane Reviews that aim to compare more than two interventions; this workshop focuses on statistical…
Workshop Considering importance of outcomes in Cochrane Reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Alonso, Schuenemann, Johnston, Briel, Akl, Guyatt, Selva
Objectives:
- To review what GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) considers as relative importance of outcomes (patients’ values and preferences) and how it fits Cochrane Reviews.
- To discuss the different approaches to consider this issue in systematic…
Workshop Copy-editing of Cochrane Reviews: common issues and how to tackle them
2014 Hyderabad
Royle, Hilton
Objectives:
All Cochrane Reviews are copy-edited before publication to improve clarity, consistency, accuracy, and completeness. During the course of their work copy-editors encounter a range of editorial and style issues and queries, which can be fed back into the earlier stages of the editorial…
Workshop Core outcome sets for randomised trials and systematic reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Clarke, Smith, Gargon, Williamson
Objectives:
To discuss the role of core outcome sets in helping the design, conduct and use of randomised trials and systematic reviews.
Description:
Ill health and treatments can affect people in different ways, making it difficult to select the most appropriate outcomes for research. The…
Workshop Creating impact: strategies and resources for improving dissemination and communication of Cochrane content
2014 Hyderabad
Owens, Hilton, Pentesco Gilbert
Objectives:
This workshop will explore dissemination and communications planning for several types of Cochrane content by sharing tools and strategies for establishing the best channels to deliver targeted information effectively. Cochrane and Wiley staff will aim to make participants familiar…
Workshop Dealing with complexity in systematic reviews through outcome categorisation and selection
2014 Hyderabad
Brennan, McKenzie
Objectives:
1. To illustrate the complexity that arises from diversity of outcomes in reviews.
2. To explore approaches for dealing with diversity of outcomes that facilitate summary and synthesis.
Description:
Complexity in systematic reviews can arise from several facets: complexity of the…
Workshop Developing plain language summaries for Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews
2014 Hyderabad
Davenport, Leeflang, Lasserson, Steingart, McIlwain
Objectives:
To apply Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group (SDTMG) draft guidance to a selection of published diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews (with permission of the authors). To identify novel approaches to DTA review plain language summaries (PLS) and areas for improvement of the…
Workshop Developing strategies for effective media advocacy and public understanding of evidence-informed health care
2014 Hyderabad
Tanjavur Ramaswami, Lakshmi Narasimhan , Ramaratnam
Objectives:
How can we effectively engage in media advocacy to enhance public understanding of evidence informed healthcare? How can we communicate critical research, unsupported findings and uncertainty to the media and the public? What strategies can be used when working with communities to…