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Background:
The Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) project was established to specify methodological expectations, or standards, for Cochrane Reviews and to ensure that these standards are implemented across the Collaboration. Standards have been published for the conduct and for reporting of new Cochrane intervention reviews (http://www.editorialunit. cochrane.org/mecir). Each standard is considered to be either mandatory (compliance required for publication) or highly desirable (expected but may be justifiably not done).
Objectives:
This workshop will focus on these standards with respect to searching for studies. Itwill increase awareness amongst participants of the new requirements and provide an opportunity for Trials Search Co-ordinators and others responsible for searching for studies to discuss these standards with their peers and debate implementation issues.
Description:
This workshop will consist of: an overview of the background to reaching consensus on the standards; discussion of the standards; and consideration of implementation issues. It will be interactive with small-group and across-group discussion, followed by whole-group feedback and debate. Participants will have the opportunity to assess examples from anonymised reviews and consider whether they meet the standards followed by a user-perspective presentation of some of the implementation challenges and group discussion on how those challenges might be met.
The Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) project was established to specify methodological expectations, or standards, for Cochrane Reviews and to ensure that these standards are implemented across the Collaboration. Standards have been published for the conduct and for reporting of new Cochrane intervention reviews (http://www.editorialunit. cochrane.org/mecir). Each standard is considered to be either mandatory (compliance required for publication) or highly desirable (expected but may be justifiably not done).
Objectives:
This workshop will focus on these standards with respect to searching for studies. Itwill increase awareness amongst participants of the new requirements and provide an opportunity for Trials Search Co-ordinators and others responsible for searching for studies to discuss these standards with their peers and debate implementation issues.
Description:
This workshop will consist of: an overview of the background to reaching consensus on the standards; discussion of the standards; and consideration of implementation issues. It will be interactive with small-group and across-group discussion, followed by whole-group feedback and debate. Participants will have the opportunity to assess examples from anonymised reviews and consider whether they meet the standards followed by a user-perspective presentation of some of the implementation challenges and group discussion on how those challenges might be met.