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External link for more information: http://summaries.cochrane.org Contributor's Information Contributor's name: Catherine McIlwain Email address: cmcilwain@cochrane.orgProfessor Alessandro Liberati
Announcement regarding the location of the 2012 Cochrane Colloquium
Dear all –
We regret to announce that the 2012 Cochrane Colloquium will not be held in China. This is due to recent changes in Chinese government policy governing scientific meetings, which have made it impossible for the Chinese Cochrane Centre to secure government approval for a meeting of international delegates on the scale of a Colloquium with such short notice.
Contributor's Information Contributor's name: Lucie Jones Email address: ljones@cochrane.orgOnline handsearching course now available on new platform
The free-of-charge online handsearching course Handsearching: Identifying and Classifying Controlled Trial Reports has been transferred to a new platform. The course has been created as part of the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group US Project (CEVG@US Project), which is funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health.
External link for more information: http://trams.jhsph.edu/trams/index.cfm?event=training.l...Important information regarding the 2012 Cochrane Colloquium in China
Due to changes within the last few months in Chinese government policy governing scientific meetings in China, as of late October 2011 there is uncertainty as to whether the 2012 Cochrane Colloquium in China can go ahead in its current form.
Cochrane Agenda and Priority Setting Methods Group registered
The Cochrane Collaboration is pleased to announce that the Cochrane Agenda and Priority Setting Methods Group became a registered entity within The Cochrane Collaboration on 2 November 2011, bringing the total number of Methods Groups to 16.
Contact details for the Agenda and Priority Setting Methods Group are as follows:
Dr Mona Nasser
Co-Convenor, Cochrane Agenda and Priority Setting Methods Group
Peninsula Dental School
University of Plymouth
The John Bull Building
Tamar Science Park, Research Way
Plymouth
Devon, PL6 8BU
Administrative Assistant required for The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent, not-for-profit, research organisation. We believe that effective health care is created through equal partnerships between provider, practitioner, researcher and patient.
Future Publishing Arrangements Project: release of a Scoping Document for comment
Dear Colleagues -
Collaboration’s 2010/11 Annual Report & Financial Statements
The Cochrane Collaboration’s 2010/11 Annual Report & Financial Statements is now available at http://annual-report.cochrane.org/. Here you can view and download copies of the Report, read about plans for the coming year, and listen to audio interviews with contributors and stakeholders.
External link for more information: http://annual-report.cochrane.org/ Contributor's Information Contributor's name: Lucie Jones Email address: ljones@cochrane.orgCochrane Collaboration releases statement on access to clinical trial data
An international non-profit organisation committed to providing the most reliable evidence of the benefits and harms of healthcare interventions has released a statement calling for free access to all data from all clinical trials in order to provide the best care for patients globally.
External link for more information: http://www.cochrane.org/features/clinical-trials-statem... Contributor's Information Contributor's name: Cochrane Collaboration Web Team Email address: web@cochrane.orgCall for Applications: Complementary Medicine Field Bursary Scheme 2011
The Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field is pleased to announce its 2011 bursary scheme made possible through funds from the US National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The purpose of this bursary scheme is to ensure that reviews relevant to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are completed and published in The Cochrane Library.
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Madrid Colloquium: Meet the entities? No, 'meat' the entities!
Food in Spain is a huge preoccupation. Besides the several restaurants with Michelin stars, lunches are more than a nutritional event. They are a social event, a part of the interaction of a business meeting, and sometimes the key part of it. In this context, we would like to invite the Cochrane entities to a new format of the ‘Meet the entities’ session this year. We’re calling it, "Meat the entities": a fusion of lunch time with business time.
External link for more information: http://colloquium.cochrane.org/ Contributor's Information Contributor's name: Jordi Pardo Pardo Email address: int@cochrane.es
