Posted by Froeks Kamminga (Methods Liaison Officer) on 2 December 2020

Each year, all 17 Cochrane Methods Groups prepare an Annual Report to record their main developments and achievements. This year, we are putting the Methods Groups and their contributions in the spotlight. 

Today, it's GRADE: Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation. For the GRADEing Methods Group it's all about interpretation, applicability and transferability of the results of systematic reviews to individuals and groups. The goal is to develop approaches, strategies and guidance that facilitate the uptake of information from Cochrane Reviews and their use by a wide audience with specific focus on developers of recommendations and on healthcare decision makers. Their projects focus on assessing and presenting summaries of evidence, especially on Summary of Findings (SoF) tables and Plain Language Summaries. 

This year, the Group's highlight is: 

To find out more, click on the below, which will take you to the Group's summary report:

Interested in learning more about the GRADEing Methods Group, or any of the other Methods Groups? Join Cochrane!

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A full overview of the outputs in methods research and development, best practice and guidance, methods implementation, as well as publications and other achievements from each of our 17 Methods Groups can be found via the links in the box below.  

Lastly, you can read the full narrative report for a summary of the key methodological developments in Cochrane over the past year.