USCC Conference Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：在美国和国际上，医疗保健提供者，政策制定者，付款人，研究人员，教育工作者，消费者和其他人越来越关注“循证医疗”（EBHC），将研究证据与临床专业知识和患者价值相结合。科克伦协作网是一个由来自100多个国家的13，000多名个人组成的国际非营利和独立组织，致力于在全球范围内提供有关医疗保健效果的最新准确信息。拟议的一系列会议为期三年，其总体目标是促进将研究成果转化为政策和实践。为了实现这一目标，美国科克伦中心将（1）制定会议议程，以提高系统评价的质量和相关性;（2） 广泛传播有关系统评价及其适当使用的信息;（3）为方法学教育和在广泛的研究者和用户基础上交流EBHC的进展提供一个论坛。我们每年举办一次会议和三次小型研讨会。为了最大限度地提高出席率和兴趣，这三个会议将分别包括不同的主题和目标受众。第一次会议（2008年4月）将讨论如何最好地优先考虑审查，第三次会议（2010年4月）将讨论系统性审查如何最好地促进护理质量。第二次会议（2009年4月）将以我们2006年主办的一次会议为基础，审查进行系统审查的各小组的审查方法，以及如何最大限度地扩大审查对用户的影响。我们的目标是，这些会议的参与者将包括美国EBHC的关键参与者，就像我们2004年，2005年和2006年的会议一样，这一系列会议将成为美国评审员和用户参加的会议的中流砥柱。在科克伦学术讨论会（2007年10月、2008年和2009年）上，每年的“美国贡献者会议”、“消费者EBHC研讨会”和“培训培训者”研讨会将把我们的美国会议扩展到能够改变大部分评价方式的受众（国际科克伦协作）。这一揽子拟议的会议将促进美国内外正在进行和使用审查的不同团体之间的沟通，以告知EBHC。加强跨学科的沟通将通过汇集各组的最佳方法，进一步开发用于进行和传播系统评价结果的改进设计和方法。为了增加对美国医疗保健产生直接影响的可能性，USCC将与AHRQ循证实践中心和其他团体（例如，蓝十字蓝盾，疾病控制和预防中心，美国预防服务工作队）进行和使用系统评价，谁将被邀请担任会议教员和规划过程的一部分。

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): In the US and internationally, healthcare providers, policy makers, payers, researchers, educators, consumers and others are increasingly focused on "evidence-based healthcare" (EBHC), the integration of research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organization of over 13,000 individuals from more than 100 countries, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. The overall objective of the proposed series of conferences, which take place over a 3-year period, is to facilitate translation of research into policy and practice. To meet this objective The US Cochrane Center will (1) frame conference agendas with the aim of increasing the quality and relevance of systematic reviews; (2) disseminate information about systematic reviews and their appropriate use widely; and (3) provide a forum for methodological education and communication of advances in EBHC across a broad base of investigators and users. We will host one conference and three small workshops each year. To maximize attendance and interest, the three conferences will each comprise a different topic and target audience. The first conference (April 2008) will cover how best to prioritize reviews and the third (April 2010) will cover how systematic reviews can best contribute to the quality of care. The second conference (April 2009) will aim to build on a conference we hosted in 2006, examining review methodologies across groups doing systematic reviews and how to maximize the impact of reviews on users. Our goal is that the participants in these conferences will involve the key players in US EBHC, as was true at our 2004, 2005, and 2006 meetings and that this series of meetings becomes a mainstay in the conferences attended by US reviewers and users. The annual "US contributors' meetings", "EBHC workshops for consumers", and "train the trainers" workshops at Cochrane Colloquia (October, 2007,2008, and 2009) will extend our US-based conferences to an audience well positioned to make changes in the ways a large proportion of reviews are done (the international Cochrane Collaboration). This package of proposed meetings will foster communication among the diverse groups within the US and beyond who are conducting and using reviews to inform EBHC. Increased communication across disciplines will further development of improved designs and methods used to conduct and disseminate results of systematic reviews by bringing together the best methods of each group. To increase the probability of having a direct impact on US healthcare, the USCC will collaborate with the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Centers and other groups (e.g., Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Preventive Services Task Force) conducting and using systematic reviews, who will be invited to serve as conference faculty and as part of the planning process.