Training Workshop for Librarians, Information Specialists
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Tuesday, 24th October 2000
Duration: Full-day
Venue: Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Title:
The Cochrane Library, The Cochrane Collaboration and evidence-based
health care: an introduction for health care librarians and informa-
tion scientists.
Convenors:
Elizabeth Pienaar, Information Specialist, South African Cochrane
Centre and Carol Lefebvre, Information Specialist, UK Cochrane Cen-
tre.
Aims:
To introduce the audience to the concepts of evidence-based health
care and discuss its relevance in Africa, and to promote The Cochrane
Library and the work of The Cochrane Collaboration.
Content:
* The concepts of systematic reviews of health care interventions and
randomized controlled trials, and how they contribute to evidence-
based health care decision-making;
* Evidence-based health care in Africa;
* Overview of The Cochrane Collaboration and The Cochrane Library;
* Demonstration of The Cochrane Library including how to search for
systematic reviews and reports of randomized controlled trials;
* Accessing abstracts and synopses of Cochrane Reviews free of charge
on the internet;
* Searching for systematic reviews and reports of randomized con-
trolled trials free of charge on MEDLINE;
* Training health care librarians to use The Cochrane Library;
* Demonstration of the Cochrane Reproductive Health Library (Partici-
pants will each receive a copy of the Reproductive Health Library to
take back to their respective institutions).
Target audience:
Health care librarians and information scientists from the public and
private sectors interested in learning more about the above topics.
Cost: US$ 20
Presenters:
Ruth Frankish, formerly Cochrane Library Trainer, NHS Centre for Re-
views and Dissemination, University of York, UK
Helga Patrikios, University Deputy Librarian - Medical Library, Uni-
versity of Zimbabwe
Carol Lefebvre, Information Specialist, UK Cochrane Centre
Steve McDonald, Information Specialist, Australasian Cochrane Centre,
Australia
Louise Spruyt, Senior Scientist, South African Cochrane Centre
To register go to the following website:
http://www.mrc.ac.za/cochranesat/
Elizabeth Pienaar
Medical Research Council
South African Cochrane Centre
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg, 7505
South Africa
Tel: +27-21-938-0835
Fax: +27-21-938-0836
mailto:epienaar@mrc.ac.za
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