Workshops and events

British Epidermo-Epidemiology Society (BEES)

Getting to grips with Evidence-Based Dermatology 

The Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology holds an annual 'Getting to grips with Evidence-Based Dermatology' course in which a half-day is devoted to introducing the Cochrane Skin Group and a hands-on demonstration of searching the Cochrane Library. The next course will be held from 3rd-5th February 2010 in Nottingham, UK .

Cochrane Skin Group Annual Meetings

Next meeting to be held 13th October 2009 in Singapore during the Cochrane Colloquium.

Previous Cochrane Skin Group meetings:

Cochrane Skin Group Annual Meeting, 13th-14th June 2008, London

Attending: Hywel Williams, Finola Delamere, Diane Horsley, Elke Weisshaar, Isabella Ebert, Christian Apfelbacher, Jonathan Batchelor, Ching-Chi Chi, Jo Leonardi-Bee, Nilesh Morar (Friday only), Jodi Duke, Andrew Birnie, Maxine Whitton, Shirley Manknell, Urba Gonzalez, Keith Wheatley, Robert Boyle, Patricia Deps, Mariona Pinart, M. Firouz Mohammed Mustapha, Anne Mason (Saturday only), Sarah Garner (Saturday Only)

Start, welcome and introductions from Hywel Williams:  update of work at the editorial base, RGC (Tina Leonard) still ill with chronic illness-not working for 18 months, but hasn’t yet left the job. Helen (Editorial Assistant) will return from maternity leave in August 2008.  Thanks to Finola & Diane for all their hard work. Methods and processes are now more ‘slick’ and continue to improve.

The following are brief summaries of each of the presentations. If you wish to look at powerpoint presentations from the various speakers we will pass them on to you where we have received them.

Report on work at the editorial base by Finola Delamere

Current Cochrane protocol 'H1 Antihistamines for atopic eczema' by Elke Weisshaar

Current Cochrane review 'Interventions for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis by Urbà González  and Mariona Pinart

Consumer discussion on outcome measures lead by Hywel Williams and Shirley Manknell

AMSTAR -quality of systematic reviews by Hywel Williams

The article to which Hywel was referring in his talk: The development of AMSTAR

Cochrane review published in Issue 3,2008 of the Cochrane Library 'Interventions to reduce Staphyloccus aureus for atopic eczema' by Andrew Birnie

Cochrane protocol published in Issue 3,2008 of the Cochrane Library  'Cox-2 inhibitors for the prevention of melanoma' by Jodi Duke

Current Cochrane review 'Topical treatments for chronic plaque type psoriasis' by Anne Mason

Cochrane review to be published in Issue 4,2008 of the Cochrane Library 'Probiotics for atopic eczema' by Robert Boyle

Individual patient data meta-analysis by Keith Wheatley

Hywel brought the meeting to a close with a brief summary saying it was wonderful to see different perspectives and that this years meeting contained a nice range of topics and we have also managed to look at a number of methodological issues. He added that he hoped that people will go away with 2 or 3 points to think on and that next years meeting will be held in Denver, Colorado (2009). Hywel will contact Robert Dellavale for information on date of the meeting.

Cochrane Skin Group Annual Meeting - 2007

Our CSG meeting in 2007 was held in Barcelona.  The following documents contain minutes of the meeting and the talks given at the meeting.

Minutes of Meeting
Editorial base - Helen Nankervis
Specialised register - Finola Delamere
Hand eczema - Andrea Bauer
Internally controlled studies - Luigi Naldi
Polymoprhic light eruption - Tsui Chin Ling
Leprosy review - Louise Forsetland
Consumer report on Melanoma - Kathy Godfrey
Consumer report on Cosmetics - Amy Godfrey Arkle
Consumer report on Vitiligo - Maxine Whitton
Consumer report on Eczema - Shirley Manknell