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 STORES PROCESS COMMUNITIES APPLICATIONS 1 Develop question 2 Plan methods 3 Write & publish protocol 4 Develop search 8 Assess risk of bias 11 Write & publish review 6 Select studies 9 Analyze data 7 Collect data 10 Interpret findings 5 Run search CRS-D Archie PICO linked data Review 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 AUTHORS Cochrane Crowd AUTHORS You can make a difference Help 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. 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep RCT Classifications # of RCT classifications # of RCTs identified 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Jul Aug Sep DTA Classifications # of DTA classifications # of DTAs identified (n=4,129) (n=120) Create a team in Classmate Build fun learning activities for your students Get your team working on tutorials with known records...great for beginners See how individual students are progressing Set challenges and competitions then post to your class via Classmate Make a real difference as part of our citizen science ‘crowd’ How it works The benefits My students are learning by doing and I can monitor their progress We’re helping Cochrane find the evidence needed to answer questions about treatments My students are rewarded with certificates of achievement 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)