The Cochrane Collaboration has relaunched their new and improved blog called
Evidently Cochrane! After blogging about over 200 Cochrane reviews during the last eighteen months, the blog has proven very popular gaining a wide and growing audience. I think you will agree that the engaging and colorful format draws you in, in a manner similar to
Pintrest!
But what are Cochrane reviews?
"Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy, and are internationally recognized as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They also assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test for a given condition in a specific patient group and setting. They are
published online in The Cochrane Library."
Here are UMHS in St. Kitts we have access to The Cochrane Library through the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the
Cochrane Virtual Health Library (VHL).
Learn more about
Evidently Cochrane: Sharing Health Evidence You Can Trust by clicking on the embedded link and enjoy the blog!
Learn more about Cochrane and systematic reviews by trying out these
learning modules which illustrate real life dementia research examples.
Labels: blogs, Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Library, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, evidence-based medicine, medical blog, systematic reviews
Have you been looking to join a journal club? Do you want to do more for your journal club but are restrained by time? I invite you to consider what the
Cochrane Journal Club offers to members:
"The Cochrane Journal Club is a free, monthly publication that introduces a recent Cochrane review, together with relevant background information, a podcast explaining the key points of the review, discussion questions to help you to explore the review methods and findings in more detail, and downloadable PowerPoint slides containing key figures and tables. You can even contact the review authors with your questions."
The
latest issue #21 discusses
"Selenium for preventing cancer". Labels: cancer prevention, Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Journal Club, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, evidence-based medicine, evidence-based practice, journal clubs, selenium, systematic reviews
The Cochrane Collaboration has launched an official blog to more efficiently and effectively disseminate news, announcements, events and other information involving
The Cochrane Centre. Check out the short video and learn more about the new blog.
[Access the Cochrane Library via the Cochrane Virtual Health Library VHL.]Labels: blogs, Cochrane Center, Cochrane Collaboration
What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?
Evidence-based practice is "the integration of best research evidence
with clinical experience
and patient values and circumstances."
EBP is like a three legged tripod. Just as a tripod needs all three legs to stand, EBP needs all three components to really succeed!
Thank you
Janet Wale from
CCNet for sharing this in the Cochrane Collaboration
'Consumer Digest' Vol.556(1), Feb 14, 2010.
From: Straus S, Richardson SR, Glasziou P, Haynes BR. Evidence-Based Medicine. How to practice and teach EBM. 3rd ed. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. 2005.
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