New Users & Derivative ProductsTheme 3 for the Cochrane Strategic Discussion

Paris, April 2012

Aim – Discuss ways to make Cochrane findings more accessible

• Help users find the Cochrane review they need• Build new derivative products using

components of reviews• Better integration between CDSR & CRS

Should I take vitamins or supplements?

Can the Cochrane Library help me decide?

Issues for the small groups

• How would you like to see Cochrane content displayed?

• What are the key components of Cochrane Reviews?– That should be displayed more frequently– Are likely to have the answers users are seeking– “Key” for other reasons

• What are the barriers or problems with these innovative displays?

3 EXAMPLES TO GET YOU THINKING

One Possible Approach

THE PICOTRON

Example #2

• Cochrane Clinical Answers – succinct answers to specific clinical questions based on one or more Cochrane reviews

• The Problem – authors needed a lot of time to read the reviews & extract the succinct answers

• The Solution – The PICOtron – new software that can read & summarize Cochrane reviews

The Issues

PICOtron Components

• Title• Abstract Conclusions• Methods – Types of

Participants, Interventions, Outcome Measures

• Results – Risk of Bias• Results – Data & Analyses• Figures – Forest Plots• Conclusions – Implications

for Practice

navigatingeffectivetreatments.org.au/

LINKING TRIALS IN CENTRAL WITH COCHRANE REVIEWS

Example #3

http://rnd.wiley.com:8050/

http://rnd.wiley.com:8050/

The Cochrane Collaboration could do more of this

• Structure of Cochrane content• Recent advances in technology

– No need for a long explanation, but here’s an idea of how it could work

– See recent talks by Chris Mavergames for more detail (links in the discussion forum)

IMS data feed to Wiley

CDSR

CENTRAL

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Wiley Processing

Wiley Rendering

Our Current Process

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PICOtron

Author Summaries

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Demo of Trial/Review

Linkage

Wiley gears

Flexible Delivery of Cochrane Content

Cochrane Library

(publisher)

Entity Web Sites

Cochrane.org Derivative Products

CENTRAL Data store CRS Archie RevMan

Linked data sets from

others

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First Small Group

• Start with an individual task– How would you like to see Cochrane content

displayed?– Draw a sketch to describe it

Sketching

• A conversation starter• Not a drawing• Neater isn’t better• Mistakes are encouraged • Might be all text

Convene Small Group

• Present & Explain your sketch– Start the conversation

• What are the key components of Cochrane Reviews?– That should be displayed more frequently– Are likely to have the answers users are seeking– “Key” for other reasons

Second Small Group

• Identifying Barriers or Issues• What will we need to address to make this

happen?

navigatingeffectivetreatments.org.au/