Thanks to the organizers and internal and external speakers!
(Henriette Lipczak from SundK
&
Gorm Greisen, previous chairperson of the Committee on the Danish Ethical Council)
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Thanks to the organizers and internal and external speakers!
(Henriette Lipczak from SundK
&
Gorm Greisen, previous chairperson of the Committee on the Danish Ethical Council)
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Covered themes about how we do research (e.g., collab within the centre), how to support clinicians developing guidelines (part of the important work of Sundhedsvæsenets Kvalitetsinstitut), balancing between rigour and simplicity (e.g. in conducting sys reviews), ethics (abortion).
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The painting "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich
Foggy view from Rundetaarn in Copenhagen
Centre leader Asbjørn Hróbjartsson presenting
This week we had our annual winter workshop. Like the view for the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (or for us from the iconic Rundetaarn in Copenhagen), this workshop allows us to withdraw for a bit from everyday work to contemplate and to connect.
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Webinar - read more and sign up: www.cochrane.org/events/how-t...
On 17 February 2026, Andreas Lundh and Asbjørn Hrobjartsson will host a Cochrane Learning Live webinar about the TACIT tool.
Have increased capacity for this December INSPECT-SR online training workshop following a successful 1st event today. Book here: www.trybooking.com/uk/FKHV
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Organizer @jdwilko.bsky.social might put up more dates soon.
bsky.app/profile/jdwi...
Free online workshop for assessing trustworthiness of RCTs
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Example of a trial sequential analysis plot. From: https://ctu.dk/tsa/
What: Webinar on trial sequential analysis (TSA) in meta-analyses
When: 28 Oct 2025 13:00 to 13:45 (CEST)
Where: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/61110310530
Christian Gunge Riberholt, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, will talk about TSA and the potential errors of using it.
#MetaAnalysis
Tool for Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Trials (TACIT), included in systematic reviews, is now available!
Developed by experts led by Lundh & Hróbjartsson at Cochrane Denmark.
Try the unpublished tool: osf.io/5fzv3/.
Learn more at www.tacit.one and share feedback with @alundh.bsky.social!
Sign up for one of our free 2-hour review workshops to help you get started with your review:
- 25 September 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense
- 30 October 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense
- 27 November 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense
Read more and sign up here: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Earlier this month, Cecilie, @helenavbk.bsky.social, Mette, and @alundh.bsky.social presented their research at the 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication in Chicago! #PRC10
Read more about our team and the research we do on our website: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Science is not always as good as it appears on print in a research paper. Ready to be scared by finding nasty truths. Try out INSPECT-SR for checking the trustworthiness of trial results when you do systematic reviews.
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Development of a Tool for Addressing #COIs in Trials (TACIT) for Use in Systematic Reviews
from @alundh.bsky.social @isabelleboutron.bsky.social
@cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social
is a PRC poster presentation
Register to stop by, ask the authors questions!
peerreviewcongress.org
Another round of workshops at SDU Odense to help you get started on your systematic review, scoping review, qualitative review, and other types of evidence synthesis:
- 21 Aug 10am-12pm
- 25 Sept 10am-12pm
- 30 Oct 10am-12pm
- 27 Nov 10am-12pm
Read more and sign up:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
📢 two new PhD Students at @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social!
We are pleased to announce that Josefina Salazar and Mette Bangshof Engmose have started their PhD journeys this month.
Josefina’s research focus on bias in randomised clinical trials, and Mette’s on reporting practices in systematic reviews!
Next week on 24 June from 12 to 13 CEST, Stine Urhøj, assistant prof @ucph.bsky.social, will talk about live birth bias and other methodological challenges in perinatal epidemiology. Zoom: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/63246925313
More about the Danish EBM Network:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Program for webinar on target trials, also available as a document in the posted link
Webinar on target trials on 18 June at 3pm CEST, hosted by Center for Evidence-Based Psychiatry, with talks by Helene Speyer and Alejandro Szmulewicz.
Read more and sign up:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Asbjørn Hróbjartsson on the centre's status and future, @alundh.bsky.social introduced the INSPECT-SR tool for problematic trials (important project lead by @jdwilko.bsky.social), social fun and games in between, Ivan Oransky from @retractionwatch.com talked about retractions, paper mills etc
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Asbjørn Hróbjartsson presenting
Another successful centre summer workshop with both enlightening professional talks and encouraging social sessions.
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We have also published a new Explanation and Elaboration paper in @BMJ.com providing updated guidance and examples for reporting protocols of randomised trials.
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
This is figure 1, which shows the CONSORT 2025 flow diagram.
A Consensus Statement in Nature Medicine from CONSORT 2025 provides updated guidance to authors, reviewers and editors, when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. go.nature.com/3Si0p1f #medsky 🧪
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CONSORT 2025 - substantially updated guideline for reporting randomized trials, taking new methodologies into account
Well-designed & properly executed randomized trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions
#MedSky 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Box: Summary of main changes in CONSORT 2025. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0
CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s3hv3yx
Following on from the recent CONSORT 2025 publication, SPIRIT 2025 has now landed 🥳
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂
NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social.
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
#CochraneDaily Just Published! Analysis of 66 randomised trials with blinded & non-blinded assessors of subjective outcomes provides empirical evidence of exaggerated effect estimates with non-blinded assessors
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... @jbracchiglione.bsky.social @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social
NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
The Danish EBM Network held a successful symposium yesterday, featuring three outstanding presentations on artificial intelligence in evidence synthesis by Anna Noel-Storr (Cochrane), @ellaflem.bsky.social (Cochrane) and Kristian Thorlund (McMaster University).
#EvidenceSynthesis
#AI
sdu-dk.libcal.com/event/4296776
Still free seats for our next method workshop in Odense on 27 March. Get help for your search strategy and other aspects of your systematic review, scoping review or other type of reviews.
#SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis
