Presentation given by Dave Booker in Milan, Italy at the Continental European Cochrane Entities Meeting, 8 May 2008

1. Empowering information consumers in the online digital revolution a focus group to explore new directions for Cochrane Dave Booker CC Web Team CECEM, Milano, May 2008

3. Empowering information consumers in the online digital revolution a focus group to explore new directions for Cochrane

4. Archie Cochrane, 1979: “It is surely a great criticism of our profession hat we have not organized a critical summary, by specialty, adapted periodically, of all relevant randomized controlled trials.”

5. Not a bad start …

6. Our mission statement: The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions.

8. Do we envision a world in which healthcare decisions always imply filtering, consistently, for the best evidence, In all contexts?

9. Should Cochrane provide the evidence for such filters? …or also facilitate the techniques of filtering and promote the ideas of scientific inquiry to the public?

13. The new technology is USED

19. Are we obsolete?

22. Web 2.0 is forcing change

33. Which developments are on the horizon?

35. What kind of people are we?

36. What’s our niche?

37. Cochrane.org/ideas