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South Asian Cochrane Network Workshop, IUB, Dhaka 4 May 2007

South Asian Cochrane Network Workshop, IUB, Dhaka 4 May 2007. The Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Library. Andy Oxman Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services. What is a systematic review?. Establish objectives + selection criteria Search for eligible studies

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South Asian Cochrane Network Workshop, IUB, Dhaka 4 May 2007

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  1. South Asian Cochrane Network Workshop, IUB, Dhaka4 May 2007 The Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Library Andy Oxman Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

  2. What is a systematic review? • Establish objectives + selection criteria • Search for eligible studies • Apply selection criteria • Assess study quality + assemble data • Analyse results using meta-analysis, if appropriate and possible • Prepare report • Keep it up to date

  3. Questions about what a systematic review is?

  4. The Cochrane Collaboration An international organisation that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.

  5. Principles • Collaboration • Building on enthusiasm of individuals • Avoiding duplication • Minimising bias • Keeping up to date • Striving for relevance • Promoting access • Ensuring quality • Ensuring continuity • Enabling wide participation

  6. A brief history • 1948 Streptomycin treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a Medical Research Council investigation. BMJ 1948; ii:769-82. • 1972 Cochrane AL. Effectiveness and Efficiency. Random Reflections on Health Services • 1974 Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials (ODPT) conceived • 1989 ODPT first published

  7. The Cochrane Collaboration • 1992 UK Cochrane Centre • 1993 Cochrane Collaboration • 1994 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • 1996 Cochrane Library

  8. Cochrane Reviews

  9. Access • National licenses • Australia • Denmark • England • Finland • India • Ireland • New Zealand • Norway • Scotland • Sweden • Wales • Low–Income Countries • Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) • International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publication's (INASP) • South African Cochrane Centre sponsorship • Latin America, the Caribbean (BIREME)

  10. About the Cochrane Collaboration

  11. Review Groups

  12. Review Groups

  13. Review Groups

  14. Review Groups

  15. Review Groups

  16. Centres

  17. Centres

  18. Centres

  19. Centres

  20. Fields (Networks) & Methods Groups

  21. www.cochrane.org

  22. Questions about the Cochrane Collaboration or the Cochrane Library?

  23. Two perspectives of the Cochrane Collaboration

  24. “Massive data analysis can reduce the chaos of medical practice.” Richard Peto, Oxford

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