Program

Living Reviews Program

Saturday, May 13, 2017 - Open Session

Time
Title & Objectives
Format
8:30 a.m to a.m.
Registration
9 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Welcome & Opening
Cochrane Canada Director: Holger Schünemann 
 
9:10 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
Introduction to Living Systematic Reviews (LSR): Why, when and what of LSRs, How to do an LSR
Chair: Holger Schünemann 
Speakers: Julian Elliott, Annie Synnot
Large group presentation with breif questions
9:40 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.          
State of the Science I: Searching, Author management, Technology/ machine, Crowd/ citizen science, Publication
Chair: Holger Schünemann 
Speakers: Anna Noel-Storr, Annie Synnot, Ian Shemilt, Harriet MacLehose
Large group presentation with brief questions
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 
Refreshment Break
11 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.
State of the Science II: Methods for updating meta-analysis
Chair: Jeremy Grimshaw
Speakers: Mark Simmonds
Large group presentation with brief questions
11:25 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Small group discussion: Getting to grips with LSRs
Searching, Production and publication, Technology/ machine/ crowd, Methods for updating meta-analysis
Chair: Jeremy Grimshaw
Facilitators: Robin Featherstone, Elie Akl, Annie Synnot, Julian Elliott, Harriet MacLehose, Ian Shemilt, Anna Noel-Storr, Laura Weeks, Mark Simmonds, Phillipe Ravaud
Small groups with facilitators and a report back
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Examples of LSRs: Lung cancer Live cumulative network meta-analysis, Diabetes Quality Improvement LSR, American Haematology Society Living Cochrane Reviews, CENTER-TBI Living Systematic Reviews in traumatic brain injury, CADTH experience, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Child health LSRs
Chair: Elie Akl
Speakers: Annie Synnot, Sarah Elliott, Mark Helfand, Laura Weeks, Katrina Sullivan, Phillipe Ravaud
Large group presentation with brief questions
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Taking LSRs into policy and practice: Living guidelines, The policy implications of LSRs, Building a broader informational platform to support decision makers
Chair: Julian Elliott
Speakers: Elie Akl, Jeremy Grimshaw
Large group presentation with brief questions
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Small group discussion: What are the key challenges?
Searching, Production and publication, Technology/ machine/ crowd, Methods for updating meta-analysis, Living guidelines, Policy and implementation implications
Chair: Nancy Santesso
Facilitators: Annie Synnot, Julian Elliott, Harriet MacLehose, Ian Shemilt, Anna Noel-Storr, Robin Featherstone, Mark Simmonds, Phillipe Ravaud, Elie Akl, Holger Schünemann, Jeremy Grimshaw
Small groups with facilitators
5 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Close
Cochrane Canada Director: Holger Schünemann 

Sunday, May 14, 2017 - Invited Session

Time
Title & Objectives
Format
9 a.m. to
9:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening

Cochrane Canada Director: Holger Schünemann 

9:15 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Articulating the key LSR challenges and potential solutions or research questions, reflections, methodological collaboration
Technology/ machine/ enablers, Methods/ statistics, Author management, Publication, Taking into policy and practice, Living guidelines
Large group session
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Consider:
What are the nature of the challenges?
What methodological research or program of activity is needed (if any)? 
What are the priorities for research or action?
What would be the key methods and research that should be conducted in future?
What other actors or organisations should be involved?
Large group session
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Discussion of authors
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Discussion, continued
2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3 p.m. to 3:55 p.m.
Discussion continued
Agreement of top research agenda items
3:55 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Close
Cochrane Canada Director: Holger Schünemann