Register now for the EQUATOR Network Launch Meeting
Achieving Transparency in Reporting Health Research
including
1st EQUATOR Annual Lecture presented by Sir Iain Chalmers
Thursday 26th June 2008; 10:00 – 16:30h
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, UK
The EQUATOR Network (http://www.equator-network.org/) is a new
international initiative that aims to improve the reliability of scientific
publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health
research.
Researchers, editors and peer reviewers put an incredible effort into the
production of health research publications. However, there is clear
evidence that many published studies are reported poorly. This has serious
consequences for further research and clinical practice.
Use of robust reporting guidelines can lead to the improved accuracy and
transparency of publications. Several internationally respected guidelines
(e.g. CONSORT, STARD) have been developed through a collaboration of
experts, methodologists and journal editors. However, they are still not
widely used by researchers or supported by a majority of medical journals.
The wide implementation of reporting guidelines is also complicated by
recent proliferation of many other reporting guidelines.
Our meeting will focus on better understanding of problems associated with
health research reporting and use of reporting guidelines and will discuss
potential solutions that can lead to the improvement of the health research
literature.
Topics include:
Importance of good research reporting and consequences of poor reporting
from perspectives of different users – researchers, clinicians, patients,
editors and peer reviewers
Improving the quality of research reports – tools, challenges and
opportunities
Role of research funders in ensuring the transparent and reliable
publication of funded research
Expectations, needs and responsibilities of the academic community
Reporting guidelines: past, present and future
The EQUATOR Network: resources and training for authors, editors and peer
reviewers
Meeting contributors:
Sir Muir Gray, National Knowledge Service, Oxford
Prof Doug Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford
Dr David Moher, Chalmers Research Group, Ottawa, Canada
Dr Paul Ayris, University College London
Dr Kenneth Schulz, Family Health International, North Carolina, USA
Dr John Hoey, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Dr Iveta Simera, EQUATOR Network Project Manager
….and other speakers to be confirmed
The meeting will be of great interest to publishers and editors of medical
journals, peer reviewers, researchers, medical writers, representatives of
research funding bodies, developers of reporting guidelines, and
individuals involved in research education from universities, professional
societies and associations.
Download registration form from the website and register now!!
More details about the programme available here soon
Iveta Simera
EQUATOR Network Project Manager
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Marty Kilby
Conference Advisor, EQUATOR Network
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