Abstract: The Cochrane Consumer Network (CCNet) strives to provide a strong and diverse membership to provide an end-user perspective to the work of The Cochrane Collaboration. CCNet supports and guides consumers to comment on Cochrane protocols and reviews in development and as they are updated - from a consumer, patient, caregiver and community perspective. We also have an important role in increasing public awareness of The Cochrane Library and how systematic reviews of best evidence can contribute to evidence-based health care, world wide.
Objectives:
To prepare and provide people with the tools to make relevant and useful comments on systematic reviews from a consumer perspective;
To familiarise people with what is expected of them and the relevant issues;
To be able to pull out the important issues from a review;
To further develop a workshop framework for training consumers.
Description:
This workshop follows an existing framework and uses an interactive design to work though the program:
About the Cochrane Consumer Network;
About evidence-based health care;
The Cochrane Collaboration and what makes a Cochrane systematic review;
Why randomised clinical trials;
What is being asked of you - What a consumer can do;
Getting started - Tips;
The role of the Review Group Coordinator.
Examples of comments will be provided so that participants can discuss the barriers, gaps and where collaborative effort can provide quality assurance from an end-user perspective.
Outcome: Ability to comment effectively on proposed systematic reviews of best evidence in health care: with confident and relevant comments.
Increased effective consumer involvement in the work of The Cochrane Collaboration.