2012
McIlwain, C., Mavergames, C., Janczyk, M., Becker, L., 2012. 10th Annual Cochrane Canada Symposium: Health Evidence for All. Presented at the 10th Annual Cochrane Canada Symposium; Winnipeg Canada, May 2012. Download [Powerpoint Presentation].
McIlwain, C., 2012 Connections in Action. Presented at the 20th Cochrane Colloquium; Auckland New Zealand, September 2012. Download [Powerpoint Presentation].
2011
Burls, A., Cabello, J., Emparanza, J., Gyte, G. 2011. Making Sense of Scientific Evidence and Commenting on a Cochrane Review. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PDF], Evaluation Summary [Word], Spanish version [http://www.redcaspe.org/que-hacemos/evaluaciones/graficas-evaluacion/550/]
Dickersin, K., Fitton, N., Fonfa, A., McIlwain, C., Napoli, M., Zhang, M. 2011. How to ask an answerable question for health care and health research: A workshop for consumers. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PDF]
Gyte, G. 2011. What Consumers Want From Cochrane Reviews. Presented at the Annual UK and Ireland-based Contributors Meeting, March 2011. Download [PPT]
Gyte, G., Manknell, S. 2011. Commenting on a Plain Language Summary. Presented at the Annual UK and Ireland-based Contributors Meeting, March 2011. Download [PPT]
Herxheimer, A. 2011. Experiences of patient reporting in the UK and other countries. Presented at the Annual Meeting of Spanish Pharmacovigilance Centres. Download [PPT]
Gyte, G., Horey, D. 2011. Consumer Participation in the Cochrane Collaboration: A Comparison of Models. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PPT]
Johnson, L., Wale, J. 2011. Evidence, Evidence Gaps and the Consumer Viewpoint: Lessons from the US Mammography Guidelines. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PDF]
Liabo, K. 2011. Young People's Involvement in a Systematic Review. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PDF]
Liabo, K., Rees, R., Stewart, R., Oliver, S. 2011. Methods for Involving Consumers in Systematic Reviews. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [PDF]
McIlwain, C. 2011. Consumer Input: Top Tips for Managing Editors. Presented at the Annual UK and Ireland-based Contributors Meeting, March 2011. Download [PPT]
McIlwain, C. 2011. Envisioning Consumer Participation. Presented at the Cochrane Canada 8th Annual Symposium, February 2011. Download [PPT]
McIlwain, C. 2011. Involving Consumers in Systematic Reviews. Presented at the Annual UK and Ireland-based Contributors Meeting, March 2011. Download [PPT]
Napoli, M., Simi, S. 2011. Drug reviews should state industry-related bias in abstracts and plain language summaries. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download [Poster], [Handout]
Simi, S. 2011. The Cochrane Consumer Network and the WHO/Patients for Patient Safety. Presented at the 19th Cochrane Colloquium; Madrid Spain, October 2011. Download part 1 [PDF], part 2 [PDF]
2010
Horey, D. 2010. Consumer Involvement in The Cochrane Collaboration. Presented at The Cochrane Collaboration's Mid-Year Strategic Meeting; Auckland AUS, March 2010. Download Executive Summary [PDF], Background Paper [PDF], Appendices [PDF].
Phillips, A. 2010. Applied Emotional Intelligence and Influence - How to Achieve Results in Competitive Professional Environments. Presented at the 18th Cochrane Colloquium; Keystone, CO, USA, October 2010. Download [PDF]
Whamond, L. 2010. CCNet in Keystone: The Formation of the Consumers' Transitional Executive. Presented at the 18th Cochrane Colloquium; Keystone USA, October 2010. Download [PPT]
2007
Aja, G. 2007. The Cochrane Collaboration and the South African Cochrane Centre (SACC). Presented at the African Cochrane Contributors Meeting, May 22-29, 2007. Download: [PPT]
Aja, G. 2007. Evidence-based health care and consumers in developing countries: Challenges and Opportunities. Presented at the African Cochrane Contributors Meeting, May 22-29, 2007. Download: [PPT]
2005
Gyte, G., Grant-Pearce, C., Henderson, S., Horey, D., Oliver, S., Sakala, C. 2005. Does Consumer Refereeing Improve the Quality of Systematic Reviews of Healthcare Interventions? Perspective of Editors and Authors. Presented at the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication; Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 2005. Download [PDF] [Handout]
2004
Grant-Pierce, C., Sakala, C., Horey, D., Gyte, G., Henderson, S., Oliver, S. 2004. Can Consumers Improve the Quality of Cochrane Reviews? Presented at the 12th Cochrane Colloquium; Ottawa Canada, October 2004. Download [PPT]
Gyte, G. 2004. The Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network. Presented at The Informed Patient Dublin Conference, February 2004. Download: [PPT]
Simi, S. 2004. The Cochrane Collaboration: why consumers? Presented at the Italian Cochrane Centre Meeting, February 2004. Download: [PPT]
Whamond, L. 2004. Cochrane Consumer Network: Consumers in Cochrane. Presented at the US Cochrane Center, April 2004. Download: [PPT]
Wale, J., Pardo, J.P., Napoli, M., Cracknell, J., Oxman, A., Ohlsson, A. 2004. Introduction to The Cochrane Collaboration. Presented at the 12th Cochrane Colloquium, Ottawa Canada, October 2004. Download: [PPT]
2003
Gyte, G. 2003. The Cochrane Collaboration. Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of UK and Ireland-Based Contributors to The Cochrane Collaboration, 2003 & 2004.
Download: [PPT]
Whamond, L. 2003. Cochrane Consumer Network – present, past, future. Presented at the Cochrane Canada 2nd Annual Symposium, November 2003. Download: [PPT]
Discussion Papers
Bastian, H. 1994. The Power of Sharing Knowledge: consumer participation in the Cochrane Collaboration. Download: The power of sharing knowledge [PDF]
A thought-provoking article written by Hilda Bastian in 1994, still relevant today. She states that what is being produced in the Collaboration is knowledge.
- "When particular forms of health care are determined to be 'ineffective', there is likely to be pressure to abandom them.....it is also a value judgement, and it should not be made by professionals and service providers alone."
- "Better balance lies in forms of partnership rather than tokenism."
- "The effort and expertise required to focus on consumers and engage the community are often understimated."
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