Training and support for Cochrane review authors

Our workshops for review authors are designed to meet the needs of both new and more experienced authors. Core training is based around the Protocol and Analysis workshops. The Review Completion Program is designed to help authors of reviews get their review 'across the line'. There is no charge for attending these workshops provided participants are either in the process of doing a Cochrane review or intend to do a Cochrane review.

From time to time we run special one-off workshops for more advanced review authors and contributors. These have included several Finishing Schools, an editing workshop and most recently a three-day course for statisticians and statistical editors.

We also hold an annual Symposium for Australasian contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration. The purpose of these symposia is to provide an in-depth look at current methodological and organisational issues that affect review authors and staff of Cochrane entities. Meetings have been held annually since 2000 in several locations, including Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.

This year the Symposium was held in Hobart on the 22nd -23rd May 2008.