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Background: Evidence summaries such as Cochrane Corners are key knowledge translation tools to improve dissemination of high-quality evidence to different end-users.
Objectives: To describe and evaluate the impact of Cochrane Corners published in three major Portuguese medical journals by the Portuguese Branch of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center (Cochrane Portugal).
Methods: We developed an editorial partnership with three medical journals published in Portugal: Acta Médica Portuguesa (general medical journal), Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa (pediatrics journal) and Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (cardiology). Topics for Cochrane Corners were prioritized based on relevance and novelty. Corners were developed based on previous models, consisting of concise summaries of individual Cochrane Reviews or Overviews, complemented by a pragmatic clinical commentary that puts the evidence in the context of national guidelines and practices. We sought to engage an inclusive and diverse set of clinicians authors for each Corner, based on clinical background, training, level of care, and geographical representability; the Branch provided editorial and methodological guidance at all stages. Available metrics of access by Corner and journal include paper downloads and user data (country, platform, link).
Results: We will analyze recently published Corners and present metrics of impact for these papers at the Cochrane Colloquium. As measures of relative impact, we will compare these data with access statistics for other published articles in each journal, as well as for individual systematic reviews or overviews that Corners were based on, with a focus on Portuguese-speaking countries. We will also provide a perspective on the challenges and benefits of this approach, particularly regarding the interest of an editorial partnership, the required workload, and the dissemination of Cochrane content for different stakeholders.
Conclusions: Cochrane Corners are successful formats to disseminate evidence from Cochrane Reviews. Tailored content that puts the evidence in a local clinical perspective is key to improve its impact.
Objectives: To describe and evaluate the impact of Cochrane Corners published in three major Portuguese medical journals by the Portuguese Branch of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center (Cochrane Portugal).
Methods: We developed an editorial partnership with three medical journals published in Portugal: Acta Médica Portuguesa (general medical journal), Acta Pediátrica Portuguesa (pediatrics journal) and Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (cardiology). Topics for Cochrane Corners were prioritized based on relevance and novelty. Corners were developed based on previous models, consisting of concise summaries of individual Cochrane Reviews or Overviews, complemented by a pragmatic clinical commentary that puts the evidence in the context of national guidelines and practices. We sought to engage an inclusive and diverse set of clinicians authors for each Corner, based on clinical background, training, level of care, and geographical representability; the Branch provided editorial and methodological guidance at all stages. Available metrics of access by Corner and journal include paper downloads and user data (country, platform, link).
Results: We will analyze recently published Corners and present metrics of impact for these papers at the Cochrane Colloquium. As measures of relative impact, we will compare these data with access statistics for other published articles in each journal, as well as for individual systematic reviews or overviews that Corners were based on, with a focus on Portuguese-speaking countries. We will also provide a perspective on the challenges and benefits of this approach, particularly regarding the interest of an editorial partnership, the required workload, and the dissemination of Cochrane content for different stakeholders.
Conclusions: Cochrane Corners are successful formats to disseminate evidence from Cochrane Reviews. Tailored content that puts the evidence in a local clinical perspective is key to improve its impact.