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Methods Support Unit web clinic on developing the Cochrane Review implications for research section
Methods Support Unit web clinic on developing the Cochrane Review implications for research section
Join us on 10 February 2022 (09:00-10:00 GMT)  at our next Methods Support Unit web clinic where we’ll be joined by Toby Lasserson, Deputy Editor in Chief in Cochrane, to discuss what to think about when writing an ‘implications for research’ section in a Cochrane Review.
Monitoring strategies for clinical intervention studies
Help develop Cochrane guidance for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
Posted on 7 December 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)Earlier this year we announced five methods projects to tackle methodological challenges faced by authors of public health intervention reviews. Why the focus on public health, how the work will support review production and details about the five projects and why they were selected is available in this previous news post.
Recordings from the Methods Support Unit special web clinic on including different study designs and evidence
Posted on 6 December 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)Cochrane's Methods Support Unit led a special web clinic on 11 November 2021 focussing on the practicalities of implementation faced by staff and editors for public health intervention reviews. This included issues relating to complexity, non-randomised studies of interventions and synthesis without meta-analysis. 
Newly updated article lists from the GRADE Working Group
Posted on 26 November 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)The Cochrane GRADEing Methods Group have updated the article lists in the Cochrane GRADE portal. These lists, curated by the GRADE Working Group, now includes three categories:
In the spotlight: Statistics Methods Group
Posted on 25 November 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)
In the spotlight: Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group
Posted on 24 November 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)
Recordings from the annual Bias Methods Group meeting(s)
In the spotlight: Rapid Reviews Methods Group
Posted on 19 November 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)
In the spotlight: Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group
Posted on 18 November 2021 by Ella Flemyng (Methods Implementation Manager)