Producing the right reviews: a Cochrane approach to priority setting

Workshop category: 

  • Priority setting
Date and Location

Date: 

Monday 17 September 2018 - 14:00 to 15:30

Location: 

Moorfoot
Contact persons and facilitators

Contact person:

Sylvia De Haan
Ruth Foxlee

Facilitators:

De Haan S1, Foxlee R2, Soares-Weiser K3, Synnot A4
1 Cochrane, Netherlands
2 Cochrane, United Kingdom
3 Cochrane Editorial and Methods Department, United Kingdom
4 Cochrane Consumers and Communication and Cochrane Australia, Australia

Acknowledgements:

Kellie F1
1 Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Liverpool, UK
Target audience

Target audience: 

Any Cochrane group intererested in developing an inclusive and transparent priority setting process.

Level of difficulty: 

Basic
Type of workshop

Type of workshop : 

Discussion
Abstract

Abstract:

Background:
Setting research priorities is essential to ensure Cochrane produces the right reviews. It can also be the foundation for knowledge translation, allowing those who use Cochrane Reviews (consumers, healthcare professionals, policy makers) to engage with Cochrane Groups at the earliest possible stage in the review production process.

Objectives:
- To outline the Cochrane approach to priority setting and share learning resources.
- To share a real-world example of good priority-setting practice from a Group(s) or Network(s).
- To discuss the applicability of the approach and learning resources, across Groups and Networks.

Description:
Awareness of the evidence needs of external stakeholders is vital to Cochrane – both to maximise use of our own scarce resources, and to align priorities to ensure that our Cochrane Reviews meet stakeholder needs. Many Cochrane Groups engage in priority setting to define their review production agenda. Each group uses their own method and process, and engages a variety of stakeholders in various stages of the process. Examples of priority-setting processes have been documented. Building on these examples, and on existing tools, methods and resources for priority setting, Cochrane has developed a general approach to guide priority setting and supporting materials. Participants will discuss this guidance document with the aim of developing it further and exploring other ways that Cochrane Groups and Networks can be supported to undertake research synthesis priority setting.

Following two keynote inputs (overview of priority setting guidance note; and an example from a priority setting process conducted by a Cochrane Review Group), the participants can choose to discuss one of the following scenarios, and consider how they would go about developing a priority setting process within each of these scenarios (using the guidance note):
• Scenario 1: Documenting an existing priority setting process to adhere to the mandatory standards.
• Scenario 2: Quick update and prioritization of existing review questions
• Scenario 3: Thorough update and revision of existing review questions.
• Scenario 4: Quick development of new systematic review questions
• Scenario 5: Thorough development of new systematic review questions

Each group will be moderated by a member of the knowledge translation working group. The moderators will provide a quick round of feedback to the whole group at the end of the session.

Relevance to patients and consumers: 

This workshop will discuss an approach to priority setting for Cochrane Reviews. Feedback from patients and consumers on the suggested approach may help to strengthen the patient and consumer involvement in the priority setting processes carried out by Cochrane Groups.