Teach Yourself Cochrane

Format: 2-2 Comparison groups should be similar

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Language/s: 3-5 How certain is the evidence?

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Resource Link: View the Lesson

Target Audience: 3-2 Are you very different from the people studied?

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3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

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Short Description:

Tells the story behind Cochrane and the challenges finding good quality evidence to produce reliable systematic reviews.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-7 Beware of conflicting interests
• 2-4 Comparison groups should be treated equally
• 2-10 Peer-review and publication does not guarantee reliable information
• Gaeilge
• Greek
• italiano
• 1-1 Treatments can harm
• 1-10 Hope may lead to unrealistic expectations
• 2-13 Relative measures of effects can be misleading

Details

Teach yourself Cochrane tells the story behind Cochrane and the challenges the organisation faces in finding good quality evidence to produce systematic reviews. You will learn how you can find information about clinical trials and read Cochrane reviews, and also ways to get involved as a Consumer.