Edinburgh Colloquium 2018: Round-Up

The Cochrane Colloquium is an annual event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care.   This year the theme is ‘Cochrane for all - better evidence for better health decisions’.  It was aPatients Includedevent, co-designed, co-produced and co-presented by healthcare consumers, where everyone ’s input is valued equally. It focused on key goals of Cochrane’sStrategy to 2020: producing evidence, making evidence accessible, and advocating for evidence.Colloquium by the numbers1275+ attendees from over 57 countries82 workshops243 posters222 oral presentations Colloquium PodcastsFor the first time at a Cochrane Colloquium, we took the conversation  #BeyondTheRoom. Beyond the Room is a digital conference service, started in 2016 by Andr é Tomlin from the Mental Elf. Its aim is to  increase the reach and impact of health events by live tweeting and podcasting from them, to involve people virtually and facilitate a much more democratic conversation. Our Beyond the Room team have recorded podcasts with some of the speakers and presenters at the Colloquium -Have a listen!For this year ’s Patients Included Cochrane Colloquium, Richard Morley interviewedSimon Denegri, National Director for Patients, Carers and the Public, UK National Institute of Health Research.Edinburgh Colloquium PicturesBrowse through pictures taken at the Colloquium!16th September17th S...
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