Cochrane UK run talks and workshops in secondary schools, teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) and critical thinking for years 9-13.
The People’s Trial: your chance to be a scientist in a fun online trial
Want to be part of a bold new project, a public-led fun online clinical trial? Here it is - The People's Trial.
Cochrane blogshots: challenges and changes
With the launch of new guidance for making Cochrane blogshots, Sarah Chapman explains how this has come about and some of the challenges of sharing evidence in this format.
Children can do randomised trials! START competition 2019
School children in Ireland have run and presented their own randomised trials in the innovative START (Schools Teaching About Randomised Trials) competition. Here's what they achieved and why this matters.
Confessions of a rookie consumer peer reviewer
Karen Morley blogs and draws her experiences as a daunted and delighted volunteer peer reviewer for Cochrane Common Mental Disorders.
Making meaningful consumer involvement a reality
Here's a taste of a workshop exploring meaningful consumer engagement in Cochrane, from Cochrane UK and Cochrane Ireland's 2019 symposium.
Cochrane Crowd for students: what’s in it for you?
Cochrane Crowd's Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager Emily Steele, and Co-Leader Anna Noel-Storr blog about the benefits for students of getting involved with Cochrane Crowd, Cochrane's citizen science platform.
From #PatientsIncluded to Patient in 12 hours – my #BeyondTheRoom experience at the Cochrane Colloquium, 2018
Sally Crowe reflects on participating in our recent conference, the Cochrane Colloquium, as a member of the #BeyondTheRoom team.
Shared Decision Making: essential but hard to measure
Richard Lehman, Professor of the Shared Understanding of Medicine at the University of Birmingham, reflects on the latest Cochrane evidence on shared decision making
Evidence flowers: visual summaries of evidence for patients and health professionals
Opeyemi Babatude, Research Associate at Keele University, introduces “Evidence Flowers” as a novel way of providing a visual summary of research evidence.
Being Goldilocks: towards getting our Cochrane special series ‘just right’ through trial and error
Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig from Cochrane UK share tips on how to put together a successful special series for social media
A great opportunity to join the #BeyondTheRoom team at the Cochrane Colloquium!
Announcing a great opportunity for some keen tweeters to come to the Cochrane Colloquium 2018 (with free registration, accommodation and a travel bursary) as part of the #BeyondTheRoom team.