On this page you can find the content from A day with…Information Retrieval Methods Group virtual event, which took place on 22 October 2020.

PROGRAMME (22 October 2020)

MEET THE GROUP...

Watch a brief video introducing the IRMG, its people, its work and find out ways to get involved.

SPOTLIGHT ON...

A collection of online resources compiled for the day. As part of the collection, we offered special free access to the Cochrane Interactive Learning module 3: Searching for studies from October 8th until November 5th 2020.

WHAT'S NEW... [Click on the presentation titles below to watch the recordings]

This was a 90-min live session with a series of brief presentations and Q&A, focusing on guidance on searching for and selecting studies in various sections of the newly revised Cochrane Handbook.

Presentation 1: Cochrane Handbook Chapter 4:  Searching for and selecting studies – introduction, overview of what’s new and how it now ties in with Cochrane Review conduct standards (MECIR)   Download slides: [PDF]	Presentation 2: Cochrane Handbook Chapter 4:  Searching for and selecting studies – guidance on selecting studies   Download slides: [PDF]	Presentation 3: Cochrane Handbook Chapter 21:  Qualitative evidence – guidance on searching for qualitative evidence   Download slides: [PDF]	Presentation 4: Cochrane Handbook Chapter 19:  Adverse effects – guidance on searching for adverse effects   Download slides: [PDF]
Carol Lefebvre IRMG Lead Convenor and lead author of the Searching for and selecting studies chapter of the Cochrane Handbook	Julie Glanville IRMG Co-convenor and co-author of the Searching for and selecting studies chapter of the Cochrane Handbook	Andrew Booth IRMG member and co-author of the Qualitative evidence chapter of the Cochrane Handbook	Su Golder IRMG member and co-author of the Adverse effects chapter of the Cochrane Handbook

AN HOUR WITH...

Session 1 [Watch the recording]
Session 2 [Watch the recording]

These were two 60-minute online panel sessions, hosted by experts from IRMG and focusing less on presentations and more on directly discussing and answering questions submitted by the community. 

Panel of experts:

• Bernadette Coles, IRMG Co-ordinator and Cochrane Information Specialist
• Julie Glanville, IRMG Co-convenor and co-author of the Searching for and selecting studies chapter of the Cochrane Handbook
• Carol Lefebvre, IRMG Lead Convenor and lead author of the Searching for and selecting studies chapter of the Cochrane Handbook
• Anne Littlewood, IRMG member, co-author of the Searching for and selecting studies chapter of the Cochrane Handbook, Cochrane Information Specialist and Cochrane Information Specialists' Executive Co-convenor
• Alison Weightman, IRMG Co-convenor

THE FLOOR IS OPEN...

A Twitter chat (#adaywithCochraneIRMG) was open during the event, providing opportunities for the community to interact with the Methods Group, raise and discuss methodological and other relevant issues and questions.

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