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Preparing and writing a Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) review.

Jeremy Grimshaw, Jessie McGowan, Alain Mayhew, Emma Tavender.
Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group.

al.mayhew doesnotexist@cochrane.org uottawa.ca


Objectives: To understand the Cochrane and EPOC processes from title registration to
review publication and to understand the review methods which are very common in EPOC reviews.

Summary: This workshop will address specific issues related to writing EPOC reviews such as:

• defining an appropriate question;
• using the EPOC taxonomy;
• determining which study designs to include;
• designing the optimal search strategy for an EPOC review;
• using the EPOC register;
• dealing with multiple designs within one review;
• lumping and splitting issues;
• analysing data from complex interventions.