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Chinese GRADE center has been set up in Lanzhou

GRADE working group established the Chinese GRADE center on September 24, 2011. Professor Holger Schünemann, co-Chair of GRADE working group and Professor Xiaodong, Vice president of Lanzhou University unveiled the plaque for Chinese GRADE center. Lanzhou University is one of the key universities under the Ministry of Education, China. As an international organization, the GRADE working group is being devoted to make the GRADE approach to be accepted and used as widely as possible. More than 60 institutions and organizations have endorsed or are using GRADE. In order to further promote the development and dissemination of GRADE system, the GRADE working group approved the establishment of GRADE centers at the 2010 GRADE Working Group meeting in Keystone, USA. The group approved the establishment of the Chinese GRADE center in 2011 GRADE Working Group meeting in Seoul, Korea, and Madrid, 2011. The Chinese GRADE center is the second GRADE center in the world, and the first GRADE center in Asia. The missions of Chinese GRADE center include 1) introduce and disseminate GRADE system in China; 2) hold GRADE workshops regularly, train Chinese guideline developers and systematic reviewers and 3) translate GRADE work and GRADE software into Chinese and promote the implementation of GRADE system.

DECIDEDECIDE research project launched: Developing and Evaluating Communication Strategies to Support Informed Decisions and Practices Based on Evidence. DECIDE is a 5-year project (running from January 2011 to 2015) co-funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme. Project Objective "To improve the dissemination of evidence-based recommendations by building on the work of the GRADE Working Group to develop and evaluate methods that address the targeted dissemination of guidelines."

 

Interested in a hands on course on GRADE?

  • March 23 and 24, 2012: GRADE workshop in Freiburg, Germany (mainly in German). Introductary course and advanced workshop. If you are interested to attend, please visit the Germane Cochrane Center weg pages or send an email to sec@cochrane.de to request more information.
  • April 2, 2012 - Sheraton Sand Keys Resort in Clearwater, Florida, USA. Half day introductary workshop, 1 to 5 pm. Please send an email to Dr. P. Dahm for further information. The workshop is supported by AHRQ.
  • More courses will follow - please check back later or write to mail@gradeworkinggroup.org

 

Prior GRADE events

It is likely that similar events will be offered in future meetings (e.g., GRADE workshops have been offered on a recurring basis during Cochrane Colloquia, GIN events and AHRQ annual meetings).

 

 

 

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