Cochrane Learning Live is a series of monthly webinars aimed at anyone interested in learning skills or gaining knowledge and experience relating to Cochrane activities. The series is managed by Cochrane’s Learning and Support Department.
The webinars are open to anyone wanting to learn in the Cochrane environment, be they complete beginners or seasoned experts.
Below, you will find the exciting programme of speakers planned over the coming months presenting on a range of topics that will appeal to a wide audience.
You will also find links to recordings and accompanying materials for all of the previous webinars from the programme.
Finally, there is some further information for anyone interested in presenting a webinar in the future.
Upcoming Learning Live events
Wednesday 26 February 2025, 14:00 UTC
Introduction to RevMan: a walk-through for new users
Rebecka Hall, Product Owner of RevMan, Cochrane.
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Wednesday 12 March 2025, 12:00 UTC *Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis series*
Opportunities and challenges for data extraction with a large language model
Gerald Gartlehner, Co-Director, Cochrane Austria & Co-Convenor, Cochrane Rapid Review Methods Group.
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Thursday 27 March 2025, 09:00 UTC *Methods Support Unit web clinic*
Introduction to systematic reviews of prognosis studies
Carl Moons, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and former Director of Research, Julius Center, UMC Utrecht.
Dr. Anneke Damen, Assistant Professor, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care.
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Wednesday 9 April 2025, 10:00 UTC *Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis series*
(How well) can large language models and AI-based automation tools assist in Risk of Bias Assessment?
Angelika Eisele-Metzger, Cochrane Germany & Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Freiburg.
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Wednesday 7 May 2025, 15:00 UTC *Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis series*
How effectively do large language models and AI-based automation tools assist in writing and summarizing evidence syntheses?
Dr. Riaz Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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Thursday 15 May 2025, 08:00 UTC *Methods Support Unit web clinic*
Tips for avoiding common errors in protocols for Cochrane Systematic Reviews
Clare Miles, Assistant Quality Assurance Editor, Cochrane’s Evidence Production and Methods Directorate.
Jo-Ana Chase, Methods Implementation Editor, Cochrane’s Evidence Production and Methods Directorate.
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Tuesday 3 June 2025, 13:00 UTC *Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis series*
Recommendations and guidance on responsible AI in evidence synthesis
Ella Flemyng, Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity, Cochrane.
Anna Noel-Storr, Head of Evidence Pipeline and Data Curation, Cochrane.
James Thomas, Principle Investigator, Evidence Reviews Facility, Department of Health and Social Care, England.
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Cochrane Learning Live archive
Should you miss a webinar, we make edited versions available to view online shortly after each event, together with slide packs, key learning points and the opportunity to continue discussions through Twitter.
Global health, equity and access to evidence
Cochrane community training and development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis
Cochrane Classmate: A tool for trainers [June 2017]
Anna Noel-Storr, Project Manager, Cochrane Crowd
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Interested in presenting?
Cochrane Learning Live is run by Cochrane’s Learning and Support Department and we are there to provide full support for presenters throughout. We work with presenters to describe their webinar and schedule it in the Cochrane Learning Live programme.
Our ambition is that Cochrane Learning Live will become recognised as a platform that people can use to reach learners throughout Cochrane and, while we’ll be pro-active in planning webinars, we’re hopeful that people will begin to come to us with suggestions as their familiarity grows.
If you are interested in presenting a webinar as part of the series, please do get in touch. We have provided some more detail in this information for presenters document.