Invitation to a seminar about Cochrane Sweden in Linköping
2 December 2019
On 2nd December 2019, Director Matteo Bruschettini will give a presentation about Cochrane Sweden and what activities our Centre offers. The event begins at 2 pm and will be held in Linköping (Regionshuset, St Larsgatan 49) and is open to everyone interested in our work and training activities at Cochrane Sweden.
If you would like to attend the event, then please email Peter Garvin no later than by the end of this week on Friday 29th November.
It is also possible to join this event through a virtual meeting room. Please see below details on participating through the virtual meeting room.
Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies Workshop -
21-22 January 2020
This 2-day workshop is targeted at people who need to make decisions about diagnostic tests. It forms a coherent basis for systematically reviewing , analysing and interpreting diagnostic evidence.
Who should attend: The workshop is directed to review authors, healthcare professionals, clinicians, researchers (statisticians and epidemiologists), guideline developers and policymakers, who wish to know more about systematically reviewing and understanding diagnostic evidence.
Prerequisites for workshop participants
Basic knowledge of the methodology and statistical analysis of primary studies of diagnostic test accuracy.
Familiarity with the methodology and conduct of systematic reviews.
Läkartidningen is organising a seminar on cancer screening in Stockholm on Friday the 7th February. Cochrane Nordic's Director Karsten Juhl Jørgensen will be presenting about overdiagnosis in cancer screening. This is an opportunity for anyone interested to hear more about Cochrane evidence within cancer screening research.
When: Friday, 7. February 2020 from 9.30 to 17.00
Where: Ingenjörhuset, Malmskillnadsgatan 46, 11200 Stockholm
For more information about the event contact Helene Engström, Läkartidningen, phone: +46 08-7903300
Cochrane Sweden is pleased to announce that registration is now open for a 1-week course on Cochrane Methodology from the 11-15 May 2020. The course is mainly aimed at PhD students from the Faculty of Medicine, but is open for everyone to join.
This 40-hour course will cover the following topics and also include self-tuition with Cochrane Interactive Learning.
Course content
Introduction to conducting systematic reviews
Writing the review protocol
Searching for studies
Selecting studies and collecting data
Introduction to study quality and risk of bias
Analysing the data
Interpreting the findings
Reporting the review
Teaching forms Lectures, Cochrane Interactive Learning platform, discussions and teamwork.
Examination
Active participation in discussions, Cochrane Interactive Learning online modules and teamwork.
Where
Lund University, Sweden
Fee
- For PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine (from Swedish Universities or Copenhagen): Free participation.
- For other participants: 1500 SEK (approximately 145 euros). Fill in your information for your invoice herebefore 15 April 2020; payment is due by 30 April 2020.
You can find a list of literature and other relevant information about the course via Lund University's course description.
Join our virtual #CochraneSantiago, 2 - 6 December 2019… here’s how you can participate
We are delighted to announce our plans for Cochrane’s Virtual #CochraneSantiago which will be held online from 2-6 December 2019 and open to ALL Cochrane members and supporters.
Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to promote evidence-informed decision-making.
Whilst the recent, unprecedented situation of civil unrest across Santiago led to the cancellation of our face-to face Colloquium this year, with the support of so many contributors, we are pleased to welcome the full community to participate in Cochrane’s first, virtual #CochraneSantiago Colloquium. Whilst we recognize our virtual meeting can never replace what we would have achieved together in-person in Chile, we believe that this unique week of content will be a fitting tribute to recognizing the extraordinary efforts of hundreds of contributors and Cochrane community‘s spirit of resilience and collaboration.
Virtual #CochraneSantiago will highlight the theme of ‘Embracing Diversity’. During the week of 2-6 December, content will be curated on our Colloquium website. We have created a dedicated page for each day’s content that will include posters, plenary content, bespoke curated materials from long and short oral presentations as well as pre-produced videos posted ‘as live’ on YouTube each day. In addition, we will provide ways you can interact with our daily content including discussion questions and social media conversations; and, we look forward to hearing from you on the wide-ranging discussions happening on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using #CochraneSantiago, with Cochrane’s Content Creators helping to lead these conversations across our web platforms. The Virtual Colloquium is an open invitation to all - whether you registered and were planning to travel to Santiago or not! More details on the final programme schedule and how you can get involved each day will be posted here soon.
We look forward to welcoming you and hope it’ll be a unique opportunity to fully embrace the diversity of voices that make up Cochrane’s global community.
Hold the date now - Monday 2- Friday 6 December 2019 for virtual #CochraneSantiago!
If you are a member or supporter of Cochrane and live in Sweden, then we would love to hear from you.
We plan on doing an interview with you for our newsletter on Cochrane members in Sweden, as part of a series of articles showcasing your contribution and work for Cochrane. The article will be published next year as part of our Cochrane Sweden member series, and aims to be inspirational for others to gain insights on what we do and how they might be able to contribute to Cochrane.
If you would like to know more about this then contact Dina Muscat Meng, phone: +45 35457037
Join Cochrane Sweden
Would you like to be a part of the Cochrane community? We have over 68,000 supporters from around the world and 11,000 members. There a number of ways that you can contribute. You can find out more from our Join Cochrane page on how you can be a part of Cochrane.
Watch this 3-minute video to learn more about Cochrane Sweden and what we do.
At Cochrane Sweden, we also regularly host and train people who would like to work with Cochrane through the Cochrane International Mobility Programme. Some of the people participating on this programme have kindly shared their stories, which can be read on the Join Cochrane webpage.
