Desde mediados del siglo pasado ronda entre los profesionales de la salud idea tomar decisiones informadas, sustentadas en validez aplicar el método científico a práctica clínica y que, esta manera, permitieran mejor resultado posible pacientes. Había desarrollos previos que sustentaban este movimiento como aprendizaje basado problemas epidemiología clínica. Finalmente, años 90 se promovió térm...

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Lean, but is it Mean? Union members’ views on a high performance workplace system Bill Cochrane, Michael Law and Gemma Piercy University of Waikato The growing literature on high performance workplace systems suggests that in a unionised environment such systems can be advantageous for workers. This paper reports on a study of New Zealand dairy workers’ views on the introduction of a hpws. It r...

In 1996, shortly after the founding of The Cochrane Collaboration, leading figures in test evaluation research established a Methods Group to focus on the relatively new and rapidly evolving methods for the systematic review of studies of diagnostic tests. Seven years later, the Collaboration decided it was time to develop a publication format and methodology for Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) ...

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy for children younger than five years of age in lowand middle-income countries.