Please follow this link to read the second edition of our Annual Report.Annual Report

We are saddened to hear of the death of Professor Doug Altman, as reported in a Cochrane news item.

Cochrane Methods Workshops Saturday 15th SeptemberBrief descriptions of each workshop are listed below.  Attendees are not required to register for the Colloquium but will need to log in with ARCHIE or create an account. Register for workshops on the Colloquium website.  There is a charge for some workshops of £48 (incl. VAT)

David Moher Cochrane Methods Symposium: Bias and Beyondhosted by the Bias Methods GroupSaturday 15th September 2018, 1:30pm - 5:00pm

21 August 2018: A research programme on rapid reviews: where should we venture next?Links to previous advanced methods webinars can be found on the Learning Live page. Learning Live is a series of monthly webinars open to all.

A three day training course at the University of Birmingham, UK:  19-21 September 2018Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy 2018Jointly led by faculty from the University of Amsertdam, Netherlands and the University of Birmingham.The course is designed for individuals undertaking health technology assessment, health service researchers and healthcare professionals interested in understanding key issues in the design and conduct of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies.

A series of papers published in Implementation Science this week provides guidance on how to apply the GRADE-CERQual approach. CERQual helps assess how much confidence to place in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses. This work received support from Cochrane to ensure greater rigor in Cochrane Reviews including a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis component.

The Cochrane Bias Methods Group was established in 2000 and is currently based at the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at Odense University Hospital in Denmark with Convenors and members from around the world. This year they have developed a strategy document for the convenorship to ensure that the group fulfils its aim and its capacity. The aim of this document is to ensure that the Bias Methods Group is an active and visible group with an ability to adapt to the internal changes within Cochrane and an evolving publication environment for systematic reviews.

Statistics Methods Group  are pleased to announce the appointment of two new convenors, Anna Chaimani and Areti Angeliki (Argie) Veroniki.

A .pdf of the workshops held at the Global Evidence Summit can be viewed here(Please contact Louisa Dunn if you would like a workshop to be listed)