Geographical Group Reporting Submission

Group Cochrane South Africa

Name Mark Engel

Activity name / title South African Cochrane Systematic Review Protcol Development Workshop

Which function does this relate to?

Tier one Promote Cochrane and its work

Tier two Train users of evidence

Tier three N/A

Tier four N/A

Evidence production N/A

Date

Start date 17-09-2025

Proposed end date 18-09-2025

on-going No

Person to contact if any queries about this activity Lorenzo Bennie
Lorenzo.Bennie@mrc.ac.za

Type of activity Trainings, learning opportunities, workshops, Dissemination / Knowledge Translation, Promote Cochrane or the Cochrane geographic group(s) & gain visibility

Please give additional activity details (i.e., reach, impact, duration, return on investment) This course, with 30 confirmed participants, will take place at the SAMRC Conference Centre running from 17-18 September 2025. The programme includes all major components of conducting a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis, such as formulating a research question, searching for articles, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, statistical analysis, and a meta-analysis primer. The workshops aim to increase the Cochrane contributors' base in South Africa, through providing practical skills development, working through participants' protocols.

Link and documents

By checking this box, my center consents to the use of these photos for Cochrane internal and external purposes, such as websites, reports, social media, etc. Yes