Think globally, act locally
23 May 2019
The Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care (WCEBC) recently held over the space of a week, a series of events to highlight real world challenges that can occur when implementing synthesised evidence locally.
Beginning on the Saturday 27 April 2019, the 5-day Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) comprehensive systematic review (CSR) training took place with 9 internal participants and 7 external participants attended this training from as far afield as Norway. The 5 day course is designed to prepare researchers and clinicians to develop, conduct and report comprehensive systematic reviews of qualitative and quantitative evidence, following the Joanna Briggs Institute approach and using the Joanna Briggs Institute SUMARI software.
Part way through the week of events on Wednesday 1 May the centre hosted Directors from 14 centres across Europe to the annual regional European Directors meeting, this was followed by a dinner in Aberdare Hall with some local Welsh entertainment, sponsored by Wolters Kluwer.
On Thursday 2 May the WCEBC facilitated a realist synthesis workshop, facilitated by Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone and Dr Lynne Williams from Bangor University for the European directors. This was attended by over 30 people.
The week’s events culminated in a symposium on Friday 3 May. This symposium is an annual event held by the Joanna Briggs Institute European regional centres. Cardiff University hosted the symposium for the first time this year. The symposium provided an opportunity for discussion of evidence synthesis and evidence implementation within healthcare.
Judith Carrier, Director of the WCEBC and chair of the European regional group for 2019 said ‘With 150 people in attendance at the symposium, including the European Directors, clinicians, public health staff, information specialists and academics the event was the perfect end to a full week of activity.’
The WCEBC finally hosted 2 training events between 4-9 May for the JBI Evidence based clinical fellowship programme and the JBI CSR train the trainer facilitated by Professor Zac Munn, director of the Transfer Science program of the Joanna Briggs Institute and a systematic review and guideline development methodologist.
For more information about the WCEBC of JBI please visit the website.
The WCEBC finally hosted 2 training events between 4-9 May for the JBI Evidence based clinical fellowship programme and the JBI CSR train the trainer facilitated by Professor Zac Munn, director of the Transfer Science program of the Joanna Briggs Institute and a systematic review and guideline development methodologist.
For more information about the WCEBC of JBI please visit the website.
