The Cochrane Updating Project: Lessons learnt and ways forward

Abstract

Objectives: The workshop will provide Editors, Review Group Coordinators, Trial Search Coordinators and Authors with the results of the Cochrane Updating Project. The lessons learnt will be of use to those updating projects at a Review group level. There will also be discussion about the feasibility of carrying this forward as a future innovation within the Collaboration. The workshop will present the experiences of the Updating Project from the perspective of the: - Updating Officers - The Review group Co-ordinator - The Trial Search Co-ordinator and - The first (contact) author The ultimate objective of the workshop will be to formulate recommendations for future updating of Cochrane reviews in the library. Description: The facilitators of this workshop will share their experiences of working within the Cochrane Updating Project. The advantages and disadvantages of the project will be considered and recommendations for the future will be proposed. The session will include presentations and allow time for discussion and brainstorming. It will be of interest to anyone involved in updating systematic reviews.