Crowd

How has Cochrane Crowd identified and curated evidence?

Why join us?How does Cochrane Crowd work?

How accurate is Cochrane Crowd?

Step 1

Search source

databases

(CSS)

Step 6

Output for users

Step 2

Bring records into

CRS-d

(CSS)

Step 5

Send to the crowd

(Cochrane Crowd)

Step 3

De-duplicate and

format

(CSS)

Step 4

Send through the

Evidence Pipeline

(machine)

write

search

analyze

plan

DATA STORESPROCESSCOMMUNITIES APPLICATIONS

1Develop

question

2Plan

methods

3Write & publish

protocol

4Develop

search

8Assess

risk of bias

11Write &

publish

review

6Select

studies

9Analyze

data

7Collect

data

10Interpret

findings

5Run

search

CRS-DArchie

PICO

linked dataReview

database

Linked Data

tools

EPPI

Reviewer

Evidence

Pipeline

GRADE Pro

GDT

RevMan

Web

Covidence

CRS

Web

Cochrane

Crowd

TaskExchange

Comms

support

Information

specialists

Cochrane

Review

Groups

Training

Editing

support

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TH

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Trusted evidence.

Informed decisions.

Better health. New Cochrane Review Ecosystem

write

search

analyze

plan

DATA STORESPROCESSCOMMUNITIES APPLICATIONS

1Develop

question

2Plan

methods

3Write & publish

protocol

4Develop

search

8Assess

risk of bias

11Write &

publish

review

6Select

studies

9Analyze

data

7Collect

data

10Interpret

findings

5Run

search

CRS-DArchie

PICO

linked dataReview

database

Linked Data

tools

EPPI

Reviewer

Evidence

Pipeline

GRADE Pro

GDT

RevMan

Web

Covidence

CRS

Web

Cochrane

Crowd

TaskExchange

Comms

support

Information

specialists

Cochrane

Review

Groups

Training

Editing

support

AU

TH

OR

S

Trusted evidence.

Informed decisions.

Better health. New Cochrane Review Ecosystem

You can make a differenceHelp us curate and deliver health evidence

Our crowd is made up of valued contributors

who curate high-quality health evidence. Volunteers from around the world help us identify the research we need to determine if a treatment or diagnostic test works.

How does Cochrane Crowd benefit you? Identifies and describes evidence as it is published.Reduces data screening and extraction time.Available as a service for individual reviews.

I’m keen to be

part of a thriving

community that’s

passionate about

improving health. I want to

develop a

track record of

contributing to

a global leader in

health evidence.

I want to make

a difference for

people with health

issues like me.

I want to

develop

my research

skills and

keep up-to-

date in my

clinical area.

What is the Classmate toolkit?

Classmate is a trainer’s toolkit brought to you by Cochrane Crowd that lets you create exciting, interactive tasks to help your EBM students learn about evidence production.

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classmate@cochrane.org

Bringing citizen science to evidence-based medicine teaching

Trusted evidence.Informed decisions.Better health.

ClassMate

Cochrane ClassMate is a trainers’ toolkit that lets you create exciting, interactive tasksto help your EBM students to learn about evidence production.

Create a team inClassmate

Build fun learningactivities for your

students

My students are learning by doing and

I can monitor their progress

We’re helping Cochrane �ndthe evidence needed to answer

questions about treatments

My students are rewarded with certi�cates of

achievement

Get your team workingon tutorials with known

records...great for beginners

See how individual students are progressing

Set challenges andcompetitions then post

to your class via Classmate

Make a real di�erence as part of our citizen

science ‘crowd’

How it works

The benefitsclassmate.cochrane.org

classmate@cochrane.org

Bringing citizen science to evidence-based medicine teaching

Trusted evidence.Informed decisions.Better health.

ClassMate

Cochrane ClassMate is a trainers’ toolkit that lets you create exciting, interactive tasksto help your EBM students to learn about evidence production.

Create a team inClassmate

Build fun learningactivities for your

students

My students are learning by doing and

I can monitor their progress

We’re helping Cochrane �ndthe evidence needed to answer

questions about treatments

My students are rewarded with certi�cates of

achievement

Get your team workingon tutorials with known

records...great for beginners

See how individual students are progressing

Set challenges andcompetitions then post

to your class via Classmate

Make a real di�erence as part of our citizen

science ‘crowd’

How it works

The benefits

Sensitivity = 99.1%

Crowd correctly identifies

99 out of 100 RCTs

Specificity = 99.0%

Crowd correctly identifies

99 out of 100 non-RCTs

(n=160,840)

(n=9,578)