The Cochrane UK & Ireland Trainees Advisory Group (CUKI-TAG) is launching a national Cochrane Trainees Outreach Programme (CTOP) which involves running workshops across as many regions and specialties in the UK as possible. This will enable the CUKI-TAG to interact directly with trainees who represent the next generation of senior doctors and dentists, and inspire them to engage with evidence-based medicine and Cochrane.

Training day - 26 March 2018

The CUKI-TAG organized a free training day for the CUKI-TAG committee and other trainees from across the UK and many specialities. 

The aim was to empower participants to serve as Cochrane ambassadors and deliver an effective 60 minute interactive 'Outreach Workshop' for other medical and dental trainees and allied health professionals. These workshops aim to help learners understand: 1) the relevance of Cochrane in their everyday practice, 2) how they can get involved in the work of Cochrane, and 3) hone their critical appraisal skills. 

We are most grateful for the participation of medical education and critical appraisal experts including Dr. Denis O’Leary (University Lead for Oxford University Medical Education Fellows), Dr. Emma Plugge (Senior Fellow in Public Health, Cochrane UK) and Ms. Anna Noel-Storr (Project Lead for Cochrane Crowd).

Workshop leaders can find instructions for running their own workshops here.

Pictures from the training day and a poem about Forest Plots by Eoin O’Sullivan, one of the CUKI-TAG.