Announcing Cochrane Colloquium Edinburgh 2018: a Patients Included health research conference

Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health will be holding the 25th annual Cochrane Colloquium at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Scotland from 15th to 18th September 2018. It will be hosted by Cochrane UK.The theme of the Colloquium will be:‘Cochrane for all – better evidence for better health decisions’This will be a Colloquium for everyone. It will welcome newcomers to Cochrane from all parts of the world and from all backgrounds. One of the key aims is to increase the involvement of patients, carers and family members (healthcare consumers) in our work. As such, the Colloquium 2018 will be aPatients Included event that isco-designed, co-produced andco-presented by healthcare consumers and where everyone ’s input is valued equally.   The Colloquium 2018 will focus on the key goals of Cochrane ’s Strategy to 2020, looking through the eyes of healthcare consumers and in partnership with them: Producing evidenceMaking evidence accessibleAdvocating for evidenceEffective and sustainable organizationMartin Burton, Director of Cochrane UK, said: “We have been asked why our focus is on patients, when Cochrane has so many different stakeholders, and we know that all stakeholders ultimately share the same goal – better health for patients.  We believe we can best achieve this by working together as equal partners.We want to make this aninclusive, inspiring andaccessible ev...
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