With the recent and rapid advances of AI technologies, and the plethora of new tools available, it can be challenging to know how best to implement these tools without compromising on the qual

Posted 03-05-2024 by Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez (Methods Implementation Editor)

In this web clinic, Denise Mitchell covered the general principles of writing in plain language applicable to the whole review, concentrating first on str

Please join us for May's Methods Support Unit web clinic on Artificial intelligence technologies in Cochrane

Network meta-analysis is a statistical method that allows for comparing three or more interventions in a single framework, by synthesizing direct and indirect evidence from multiple studies wh

The latest article in the Methods and Statistics Tutorials series in the open access journal Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods focuses on standardized mean differences (SMDs) in meta-analysis. The authors explain what they are, when they should be used, how to correctly compute and interpret them, and some of the most common errors made within evidence synthesis.

Cochrane’s new Focused Review Format launched in August 2023.

The GRADE working group have recently published new guidance for interpreting and assessing imprecision using a minimally contextualised approach. In this web clinic, Leslie Choi gave an overview of the updated guidance and what it means for Cochrane authors of pairwise intervention reviews. Recording is here Posted by Rachel Richardson  

Published today, this Cochrane methodology review examines the evidence on the differences in effect estimates between syntheses of RCTs and observational studies. Read more here. Congratulations to Ingrid Toews and fellow authors on this fascinating and important review. Posted by Rachel Richardson

The format of Cochrane reviews is changing, and the extensive descriptions of each included study in the ‘Characteristics of included studies’ table are moving to the supplementary information. Instead, Cochrane authors are encouraged to include a more succinct summary of key information in the new ‘Overview of included studies and syntheses’ table.