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The purpose of this workshop is to provide review authors with an understanding of how RevMan 5 is different from RevMan 4. At the end of the workshop, participants will have been introduced to the new features in RevMan 5 and received guidance in the use of the software.
Description:
Review Manager (RevMan) is the Cochrane Collaboration's own software, which has been developed to assist review authors in writing systematic reviews in the Cochrane format. RevMan is developed by the Nordic Cochrane Centre under the direction of the RevMan Advisory Group and the Information Management System Group. The latest version, RevMan 5, has been updated with a host of new and improved features. The experience of "what you see is what you get" is strongly improved. The new text editor will allow more formatting in more sections, including subheadings, tables embedded in the text, and nested lists (lists within lists). The track changes functionality and a new note system will facilitate the task of multiple authors working together on a review.
There will be a new structure for the main text, support for appendices and it will be possible to select a few key forest plots or funnel plots to be displayed in the results section of a review. For intervention reviews, some of the most noticeable methodological changes across reviews are the introduction of Risk of Bias tables and Summary of Findings tables.
During this hands-on session participants will be able to use the software and get answers to problems they might have. A presentation session will also be held.
The purpose of this workshop is to provide review authors with an understanding of how RevMan 5 is different from RevMan 4. At the end of the workshop, participants will have been introduced to the new features in RevMan 5 and received guidance in the use of the software.
Description:
Review Manager (RevMan) is the Cochrane Collaboration's own software, which has been developed to assist review authors in writing systematic reviews in the Cochrane format. RevMan is developed by the Nordic Cochrane Centre under the direction of the RevMan Advisory Group and the Information Management System Group. The latest version, RevMan 5, has been updated with a host of new and improved features. The experience of "what you see is what you get" is strongly improved. The new text editor will allow more formatting in more sections, including subheadings, tables embedded in the text, and nested lists (lists within lists). The track changes functionality and a new note system will facilitate the task of multiple authors working together on a review.
There will be a new structure for the main text, support for appendices and it will be possible to select a few key forest plots or funnel plots to be displayed in the results section of a review. For intervention reviews, some of the most noticeable methodological changes across reviews are the introduction of Risk of Bias tables and Summary of Findings tables.
During this hands-on session participants will be able to use the software and get answers to problems they might have. A presentation session will also be held.