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Toby Lasserson Senior EDITOR

Toby Lasserson Senior EDITOR. The Cochrane Library and new developments for users. The Cochrane Collaboration. International organization supports production & maintenance of Cochrane systematic reviews Charity & government funding for infrastructure

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Toby Lasserson Senior EDITOR

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  1. Cochrane Editorial Unit Toby LassersonSenior EDITOR The Cochrane Library and new developments for users

  2. The Cochrane Collaboration • International organization supports production & maintenance of Cochrane systematic reviews • Charity & government funding for infrastructure • Activity supports global network of volunteer contributors Cochrane Editorial Unit

  3. Society website Organizational structure News & events Policies Training Summaries & podcasts Library website Reviews Trials Editorials & collections Other databases

  4. The Cochrane Library • Suite of databases • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Register of controlled trials (CENTRAL) • Register of methodological research • Abstracts of effectiveness reviews (DARE) • HTA database • Economic Evaluations (NHS EED) • Information about Cochrane entities

  5. The Cochrane Library • Cochrane Reviews evaluate • Effects of healthcare interventions • Diagnostic test accuracy & harms • Methods used in clinical trials or systematic reviews Cochrane Editorial Unit

  6. The Cochrane Library • Cochrane Review attributes • Independent • Methodological rigour • Transparent • Current • Relevant • Full-text with structured abstract & plain language summary • Updated to reflect new evidence Cochrane Editorial Unit

  7. How best to develop The Cochrane Library? Finding information Searching/Browsing Support dissemination Summary versions Derivative products Improve full-text look & navigation, article tools

  8. Full reviews & editorials now organized by theme Specialty (heart, lungs, wound care etc) Age (child health) Diagnostics & Methodology Predictive text search & synonym search under development

  9. Clinical questions • Answers to important healthcare questions need to be easy to locate • Benefits & harms • How much of a difference does an intervention make? • How confident are we in findings?

  10. Does pre-operative washing with chlorhexidine reduce surgical site infections?

  11. Reviews clustered by relevance

  12. What do results mean? • Studies of good quality? • Excessive variation between results? • Precision of results? • Study populations/settings of interest to review question? • Publication bias?

  13. www.cochranejournalclub.com

  14. Cochrane Editorial Unit

  15. Future directions • Cochrane PICO or Clinical Answers • Clinical question answering service? • Qualitative & prognostic reviews? • Cochrane for mobile web?

  16. ‘I apologize that this letter is so long, I did not have the time to write a short one’ Blaise Pascal (1623-62)

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