In this Cochrane Learning Live webinar, Thomas Agoritsas and Lyubov Lytvyn presented on three areas.

The session started with an update on the Evidence Ecosystem and how we can all play a part in creating a stronger, more connected future for evidence-based medicine. This was followed by a demonstration of some of the key features of the MAGICapp platform, focussing on areas of interest to the Cochrane Community, including creating evidence summaries and decision aids. The webinar ended with a demonstration of the latest innovation, which is the MATCH-IT tool for exploring evidence from network meta-analyses in an interactive summary of findings format.

The session was delivered in March 2024 and below you will find the videos from the webinar, together with the accompanying slides to download [PDF].

Part 1: Enhancing the evidence ecosystem
Part 2: Introducing the MAGICapp
Part 3: Personalized medicine, living guidelines and multiple comparisons
Part 4: Introducing MATCH-IT
Part 5: Questions and answers

Presenter Bios

Thomas Agoritsas is Chair of the MAGIC Board and co-founder of the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation. He is a hospital-based internist, epidemiologist, and health research methodologist, working as Senior Physician at Division of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva. He is also Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Geneva, and part-time faculty at McMaster University, Canada. His research focuses on implementation science and knowledge translation of research evidence to produce tangible clinical changes for patients. This involves evidence synthesis, appraisal, guideline methodology, dissemination, access and use at the point of care, to enhance evidence-based practice and shared-decision making in the clinical encounter. Dr. Agoritsas co-steers the BMJ Rapid Recommendations, an international collaboration with the British Medical Journal to accelerate evidence into practice through trustworthy recommendations.

Lyubov Lytvyn is the Client Care Director for MAGICapp leading user education and support, and a researcher within the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation. She holds a Master’s degree in Health Research Methodology, and is currently completing her doctoral training in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Dr. Gordon Guyatt. Ms. Lytvyn’s research expertise is in guideline development and knowledge translation, as well as involving stakeholders and integrating values and preferences research in systematic reviews and guidelines. Ms. Lytvyn has been collaborating as a guideline methodologist and patient and caregiver partnership liaison with the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation and The BMJ in the Rapid Recommendations initiative since their inception in 2016. In her role with MAGIC, she assists organizations with the development and digitization of their guidelines, including training and support on using GRADE methodology and the MAGICapp platform most efficiently to meet their needs.