Colloquium Scientific Program at a glance

Cochrane Chile is thrilled to present highlights of this year ’s Scientific Program! Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together hundreds of clinicians, health professionals, policy makers, researchers, patients, consumers and others to discuss and learn about the wide usage of Cochrane evidence in health decision-making at all levels. This year’s C olloquium will take place 22-25 October, with the theme “Embracing diversity”.Pre-Colloquium activities start October 20.The Full Schedule of the Scientific Program is now published!ThreePlenary Sessions will discuss the importance of evidence forHealth Equity, its use byDiverse Stakeholders, and the importance of embracingMethodological Diversity.TheCochrane Lecture will be given byAndy Oxman, and will explore thediversity of options for the future of the Cochrane Collaboration.Nine Special Sessions, two presented in Spanish, will highlight innovative and interesting topics, varying from advances in the new Cochrane Handbook to multiple sessions on aspects of linguistic diversity in Cochrane; from engaging healthcare consumers in evidence, to technological innovation integrated with the evidence ecosystem.  Concurrent sessions will offer63 workshops ranging across 18 topic categories. For the first time, 8 workshops will be presented in Spanish!Fifty one oral presentation sessions will include 241 presentations andthree poster sessions will comprise 242 posters, covering topics from 17 different categories. Poster...
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