Join us at Engaging Evidence 2021 from 9-11 November to explore these recent developments through a national and regional lens. If you’re based in Australia or New Zealand and work in evidence synthesis or implementation, we encourage you to submit papers, posters and/or workshops to present over the course of this three-day online event.

Jointly hosted by the local networks of Cochrane, JBI, GRADE and G-I-N, EE21 offers a chance to exchange knowledge and ideas, and hear what others are up to in the worlds of evidence and research synthesis.

Qualitative evidence synthesis (QES), or systematic reviews of primary qualitative research, are becoming more common both within and outside Cochrane. Findings from QES are increasingly used in decision making processes, including to inform the development of clinical, health system and social welfare recommendations (e.g. by WHO, NICE) and to inform decisions across a wide range of public health and other areas. Course presenter Dr Meghan Bohren will introduce and detail QES: what it is, how its findings can be applied, methodological steps in conducting a QES and how to assess and describe the level of confidence to place in QES findings (GRADE-CERQual approach).

Developing a guideline or doing a systematic review? GRADE methods can help you interpret and summarise your evidence. Used by the NHMRC, WHO, Cochrane and more than 100 organisations worldwide, GRADE provides a structured approach for communicating health research findings. Join Cochrane Australia and the Melbourne GRADE Centre online for the next GRADE course from 12-14 October (via Zoom).

This popular workshop offers a comprehensive overview of the methods required to write a protocol and get started on a review. It's suitable for people with little or no experience in systematic reviews who have identified a topic and are either already working on or are about to start working on a review. Join us online for six half-day sessions over 5 weeks from Wednesday 8 September to Friday 8 October.