Thursday, April 17, 2014

Cochrane Reviews has Relaunched their Blog called Evidently Cochrane

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.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Cochrane Journal Club: Join the Discussion!

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".

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