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Dnhb8blizunqjhjcfle6 Lyubov Lytvyn
Needed 01 Aug '19
Authorship
Making Grade the Irresistible Choice (MAGIC)
Endocrine & metabolic
Seeking patient partner for guideline panel with experience of SGLT2– July 2019-October 2019, approx 10 hours total
Skills: Consumer Input, Protocol Development, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Peer Review - Consumer, Summary of Findings Tables, Guideline development, GRADE
We're looking for patient partners to join our international guideline panel team to update recommendations on a new type of anti-diabetes drug (SGLT2 inhibitors) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes. *Why are we doing this?* There are benefits... show more
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Default profile souheila karbia
Needed 18 Aug '20
Consumer & communication strategies
Post-édition de résumés de revues Cochrane de l'anglais vers le français
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from English to French
L’équipe Traduction de Cochrane France traduit chaque mois plus d’une soixantaine de résumés des revues Cochrane nouvellement publiées ou mises à jour. Cochrane produit deux résumés pour chaque revue publiée : un résumé en « langage simplifié » (... show more
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Default profile Louis-Charles Desbiens
Needed 30 Sep '19
Acknowledgement, Payment
Heart & circulation
Translation of articles in Korean
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English
Thiazide diuretics and fracture risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials In the conduct of a systematic review evaluating the effect of thiazide diuretics on fracture in randomized clinical trials, we are looking fo... show more
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Default profile Louis-Charles Desbiens
Needed 30 Sep '19
Acknowledgement, Payment
Heart & circulation
Translation of articles in Hebrew
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Hebrew to English
Thiazide diuretics and fracture risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials In the conduct of a systematic review evaluating the effect of thiazide diuretics on fracture in randomized clinical trials, we are looking fo... show more
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Default profile Louis-Charles Desbiens
Needed 30 Sep '19
Acknowledgement, Payment
Heart & circulation
Translation of articles in Swedish
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Swedish to English
In the conduct of a systematic review evaluating the effect of thiazide diuretics on fracture in randomized clinical trials, we are looking for a Norwegian-speeking person to help us screen six (6) articles in Swedish. The task includes the transl... show more
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Default profile Louis-Charles Desbiens
Needed 30 Sep '19
Acknowledgement, Payment
Heart & circulation
Translation of articles in Norwegian
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Norwegian to English
In the conduct of a systematic review evaluating the effect of thiazide diuretics on fracture in randomized clinical trials, we are looking for a Norwegian-speeking person to help us screen three (3) articles in Norwegian. The task includes the tr... show more
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Default profile Andrea Cradduck-Bamford
Needed 16 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Effective Practice and Organisation of Care
Effective practice & health systems
Peer Review - CONSUMER INPUT - Early Warning Systems and Rapid Response Systems for the prevention of patient deterioration on acute adult hospital wards
Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer
It is estimated that 10% of patients deteriorate in hospital, resulting in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, cardiac arrest, or death. To improve patient safety, Early Warning Systems (EWS) and Rapid Response Systems (RRS) have been implemented... show more
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Default profile Sheila Wallace
Needed 31 Jul '19
Authorship
Incontinence
Urology
Seeking an author for a Cochrane review who can develop search strategies and screen records in Chinese
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English, Data Extraction, Inclusion/Exclusion, Protocol Development, Risk of Bias Assessment, Screening, Searching, Summary of Findings Tables, GRADE
We are seeking an author to join an existing author team for a Cochrane review looking at acupuncture for overactive bladder. You would need to be able to develop search strategies, run them and screen records in Chinese. For those records that ... show more
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Zj0ugel8ylzflm1dsxzy Jessica Hendon
Needed 05 Aug '19
Common Mental Disorders
Mental health
Possible new subscribers to our YouTube Channel and Instagram accounts and your views
Skills: Consumer Input, Clinical Input, Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to
We recently set up a YouTube channel for our Cochrane Group to start to share some videos we have made including of some visual summaries of our work. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_YdllzWWQoSwCAD1HLbslg/ We also have an Instagram account... show more
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Default profile Theresa Bengough
Needed 06 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Consumers and Communication
Public health
Translation of portuguese article
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Portuguese to English
For a qualitative evidence synthesis on factors that influence women’s engagement with breastfeeding support (https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013115/abstract) we are searching for a portuguese native speaker translating... show more
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Yzvfbudlg7zw6hqkjw7h Cathryn Broderick
Needed 06 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Vascular
Heart & circulation
Cochrane Vascular needs consumer input for a review protocol investigating if exercise therapy before abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improves recovery afterwards
Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer
We are looking for people to comment on the protocol (a plan for a review) for ‘Exercise therapy before abdominal aortic aneurysm repair’. If you have personal or carer experience of pre-operation exercise therapy or abdominal aortic aneurysm (A... show more
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Yj4ays1pladmh5c0fy73 Ryckie Wade
Needed 16 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Neurology
Chinese surgical article translation
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English
I need the methods and results section of a short surgical article (from First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University) translating into English. In return, I'd be glad to list you in the acknowledgments section of our review.
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Default profile Jenny Bellorini
Needed 19 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Ear, Nose and Throat
Ear, nose & throat
Consumer input for a review of steroids for non-allergic rhinitis
Skills: Consumer Input
Cochrane ENT is looking for a consumer referee to read and comment on a draft review of nasal corticosteroids for non-allergic rhinitis. Non-allergic rhinitis is a chronic disease of the nose, which is not caused by infection or allergies. Peo... show more
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Default profile Anja Fog Heen
Needed 30 Sep '19
Authorship
Making Grade the Irresistible Choice (MAGIC)
Heart & circulation
Seeking patient partner for guideline panel with experience of severe, aortic stenosis - July 2019-September 2019, approx 10 hours total
Skills: Consumer Input, Protocol Development, Question Formulation, Report Writing, Peer Review - Consumer, Summary of Findings Tables, Guideline development, GRADE
We're looking for patient partners to join our international guideline panel team to update recommendations on transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe, symptomatic, aortic stenosis. *Why are we doing this?* ... show more
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Pqqpekgxq12me3y9fyiz Emma Axon
Needed 01 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Skin
Skin disorders
Checking our English translations of three Italian papers
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Italian to English
We are conducting a Cochrane systematic review looking at different strategies of using topical corticosteroids in people with eczema. We have identified three Italian papers which meets our inclusion criteria. These have been translated into Engl... show more
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Pqqpekgxq12me3y9fyiz Emma Axon
Needed 12 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Skin
Skin disorders
Translating a Korean paper into English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English
We are conducting a Cochrane systematic review looking at different strategies of using topical corticosteroids in people with eczema. We have identified one Korean paper which meets our inclusion criteria and needs translating into English so we ... show more
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Default profile Anna Gavine
Needed 31 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Neonatal
Neonatal care
Help needed to translate a paper from Korean to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English
We are updating a Systematic Review on massage for promoting growth and development in preterm and low birthweight babies. We need help translating a paper from Korean into English for data extraction and risk of bias assessment using a standard t... show more
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Default profile Anna Gavine
Needed 28 Jun '19
Acknowledgement
Neonatal
Neonatal care
Help needed to translate a paper from Persian to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Persian to English
We are updating a Systematic Review on massage for promoting growth and development in preterm and low birthweight babies. We need help translating two papers from Persian into English for data extraction and risk of bias assessment using a standa... show more
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Hjs9dedlbxad5u2eavue Jennifer Dawson
Needed 10 May '20
Acknowledgement
Other
Cochrane-Wikipedia Project
Skills: Review Dissemination/Knowledge Translation: from to
Help improve the quality of health-related evidence online by participating in the Cochrane-Wikipedia Project! Cochrane and Wikipedia are working together to share high-quality health-related evidence with a broad audience. -There are over 32... show more
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Y1rr6va0jzffdaaav2hq Giok Ong
Needed 15 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Help needed to translate a scientific paper from Czech into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Czech to English
Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more
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Y1rr6va0jzffdaaav2hq Giok Ong
Needed 15 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Help needed to translate scientific papers from Japanese into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Japanese to English, Inclusion/Exclusion
Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more
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Y1rr6va0jzffdaaav2hq Giok Ong
Needed 15 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Help needed to translate scientific papers from Chinese into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Chinese to English, Inclusion/Exclusion
Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more
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Y1rr6va0jzffdaaav2hq Giok Ong
Needed 15 Aug '19
Acknowledgement
Heart
Heart & circulation
Help needed to translate scientific papers from Korean into English (as part of in this large global systematic review and network meta-analysis)
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Korean to English, Inclusion/Exclusion
Dr Anair Beverly (systematic reviewer and anaesthetist in Oxford) and I (Dr Giok Ong, systematic reviewer) work at the NHS Blood and Transplant Systematic Review Initiative at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and also have associations with ... show more
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Default profile Rita Champaneria
Needed 30 Jul '19
Acknowledgement
Injuries
Orthopaedics & trauma
Help needed to translate a paper from Japanese to English
Skills: Translation - Linguistic: from Japanese to English, Inclusion/Exclusion
We have been funded through an NIHR Programme grant to produce a set of Cochrane reviews. The literature searches done for one of the reviews identified a Japanese paper. I can send a pdf of the paper that need translating once I've received it... show more
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Am247lyhaxowehnbl20v Jennifer Hanratty
Needed 01 Aug '19
Authorship, Acknowledgement, Payment
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems
Developmental, psychosocial & learning problems
Data extraction for review on psychosocial interventions for anger and aggression in young children
Skills: Data Extraction, Risk of Bias Assessment
We have a very large number of included studies and need support with data extraction. Those contributing to data extraction will receive an acknowledgment in the review. Anyone willing to commit to a substantial contribution to data extraction ... show more
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Default profile Ian Light
Needed 11 Dec '20
Acknowledgement
Acute Respiratory Infections
Infectious disease
Reducing antibiotic Use for Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Skills: Clinical Input
A continuing learning and prescribing project for prescribers and patients to recognise what is a viral infection that does not require antibiotics eg Runny nose mild sore throat and some coughing in a healthy twenty year old person versus bacter... show more
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V2qeyoio9bd5w5i5bg93 Laura Downie
Needed 30 Oct '19
Eyes and Vision
Other
Contribute to crowdsourcing critical appraisal of research studies using an exciting, free online platform (CrowdCARE: crowdcare.unimelb.edu.au)
Skills: Consumer Input, Peer Review - Consumer, Risk of Bias Assessment
Dear Cochrane TaskExchangers, We have developed a free, online tool that teaches research critical appraisal and facilitates the sharing of appraisals amongst a global community (CrowdCARE, Crowdsourcing Critical Appraisal of Research Evidence:... show more
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