School of Nursing, Dublin City University

Second Annual Cochrane in Ireland Conference: 2 February 2006

First Annual Cochrane in Ireland Conference: 3 February 2005

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organisation, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and makes those reviews available as The Cochrane Library. Since 2002, all this information has been available free of charge throughout the island of Ireland via the Internet through an initiative co-funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and the Research and Development Office (RDO) in Northern Ireland.

The Cochrane Library provides a wealth of information to assist healthcare professionals make evidence based decisions. The information is also available in non-technical summaries for patients.

Evidence-based practice is one area of research interest at the DCU School of Nursing. An annual interdisciplinary conference explores issues in evidence-based practice of relevance to healthcare professionals in practice and research. The conference brings together academic and practice-based professionals, researchers and librarians. The latest developments are discussed and opportunity provided to network with others in Ireland with similar interests in improving care through evidence.

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