Cochrane Iberoamerica launches " Las claves de la evidencia en salud " : A free and comprehensive Spanish course on health evidence and healthcare decision making

Introducing" Las claves de la evidencia en salud " byCochrane Iberoamerica—a dynamic Spanish course that delves into evidence-based healthcare, clinical trials, and Cochrane evidence. Designed for healthcare consumers (patients, care givers, family members), policy makers, and the healthcare team, this interactive course offers five modules, each estimated to take 30-40 minutes to complete. Best of all, it ' s completely free with a Cochrane account  (registration for Cochrane account is also free).The course offers interactive learning with reading materials, videos, quizzes, and other assessments. It follows the personal journey of ' Elena, ' a fictional consumer, but participants can explore modules freely. It has been co-produced by healthcare consumers, researchers, and Cochrane specialists. The original English version," Evidence Essentials " , was translated and adapted by the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center." We are convinced that this course is a relevant and user-friendly contribution to disseminate to the Spanish-speaking public how we know if a treatment works and what is the process to generate scientific evidence for health care. At the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center we translate all Cochrane systematic reviews into Spanish and this new course in Spanish is an ideal addition to improve the use of all this evidence in health care " , says Gerard Urr útia, director of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center and the Iberoamerican Cochrane Network." We ' ll promote it in...
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