The theme of the 2018 Cochrane Colloquium, held in Edinburgh
in September, was “Cochrane For All”, and the event featured appearances from
several members of HEDS staff.
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Dr. Andrew Booth hosted an oral presentation: "Country-specific
qualitative synthesis: harvesting pearls or grit?" and no less than
four(!) workshops on different aspects of qualitative evidence synthesis.
Meanwhile, Fiona Campbell gave an oral presentation :
"Rapid qualitative reviews (RQRs): what, why, how and where next?"
Finally, Anthea Sutton gave a poster presentation:
"Better, faster, stronger: how to find tools to expedite the systematic
review process" showcasing the Systematic Review Toolbox (http://systematicreviewtools.com/)
in collaboration with Chris Marshall from YHEC.
Details of the sessions delivered by HEDS are below
Andrew Booth
- Workshop: "How to integrate patient/consumer perspectives from qualitative synthesis within your Cochrane Review"
- Oral presentation: "Country-specific qualitative synthesis: harvesting pearls or grit?"
- Workshop: The GRADE-CERQual approach for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses
- Workshop: Assessing the methodological strengths and limitations of qualitative evidence: what are the key criteria?
- Workshop: Choose, consider or avoid: which qualitative synthesis methods match my Cochrane Effects Review?
Fiona Campbell
- Oral Presentation: "Rapid qualitative reviews (RQRs): what, why, how and where next?"
Anthea Sutton
- Poster Presentation: "Better, faster, stronger: how to find tools to expedite the systematic review process" (with Chris Marshall from YHEC)