Do you want to be a Cochrane author?
If you have expertise in some aspect of healthcare, consider joining the relevant Cochrane Review Group. If there is not yet a group which covers your specialty, register your interest in being part of a new group. Being part of a Cochrane review group provides the support, resources and training to tackle a systematic review, and an international audience when your work is published in Cochrane Library.
Take a look at:
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions - Official handbook for preparing Cochrane reviews on the effects of interventions
- Cochrane-Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis - Official handbook for preparing Cochrane reviews of qualitative studies.
- Reporting the effects of an intervention in EPOC reviews - principles and guidance in how to report findings of a Cochrane review
- RevMan web page - documentation and support for software for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews
- GRADEpro - (GRADEprofiler) is the software used to create Summary of Findings (SoF) tables in Cochrane systematic reviews
- Nordic GRADE Network - produces, among other things, Norwegian translations of GRADE terms and concepts
- Cochrane Style Resource - compare your Cochrane Review against the official style guide
- Reporting Guidelines
- CONSORT - reporting of RCTs
- PRISMA (formerly QUOROM) - preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- STROBE - reporting of observational studies in epidemiology
- EQUATOR Network - collection of reporting guidelines - Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Group
- Search in Cochrane Review Groups
Online training
To access the full range of Cochrane’s online training resources, you must first create a Cochrane Account. Many modules are open and free, while others require an affiliation with Cochrane – for example, as an author on a Cochrane Review or as part of a geographical Cochrane group. Open Learning Materials – learn the methods for conducting systematic reviews through modular online training. These courses complement the Cochrane Reviewer's Handbook and provide support throughout every stage of the review process.