Resources from The Cochrane Collaboration

• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions - the official guide to producing Cochrane reviews
• RevMan homepage - documentation and support for software for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews.
• Cochrane Style Resource - compare your Cochrane Review against the official style guide
• Using Individual Patient Data - Power Point slides
• Re-publishing of reviews - explanation of procedures and permission form if you wish to re-publish your review in another scientific journal
• QUOROM statement checklist (PDF document). A checklist of items which systematic review authors can address in their review to assure readers of the reliabiliy of the review's findings.

Training - face-to-face

Contact Cochrane Centres or Review Groups about local workshops and courses in review production. Some of these events are listed on the Cochrane workshops page.

Training - online

• Open Learning Materials - learn the steps in convenient online modules which supplement the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook in helping you gain skills and complete your review.

Training resources provided by other organizations:

• Undertaking Systematic Reviews of Research on Effectiveness - an extensive guide by the NHS Centre for Reviews & Dissemination

For Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs):

• The Cochrane Manual - start here to look up procedures
• CRG procedures collection (password required - ask your entity administrator) - procedural resources for editorial bases, including checklists, forms, & examples from various CRGs. Provided by the Quality Advisory Group.
• ModMan homepage - Software, guides, support, and important procedures for module preparation and tracking
• Data Providers' Page - module submission dates and procedures 
• TSC & handsearching resources
• CENTRAL & specialized registers resources - managed by the US Cochrane Centre
• Review Titles Manager - register and track titles for protocols and reviews

Please note: Training materials for Feedback (formerly Comments and Criticisms) Editors are being updated. In the interim, if you are interested in becoming a Feedback editor, or have questions about Feedback, please contact Dr. Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin.