Opening Ceremony
Photo: Csortos Szabolcs, UnivPécs
The Hungarian Branch of the German Cochrane Centre was officially opened on the 16th October 2014 by Tamás Decsi, the director of the Hungarian Cochrane Branch, Gerd Antes, director of the German Cochrane Centre, Zsolt Páva, the major of the City of Pécs, József Bódis, the rector of the University of Pécs and Attila Miseta, the dean of the of Medical Faculty of the University Pécs.
Photo: Csortos Szabolcs, UnivPécs
You can watch the short video made by the UnivTv about the opening ceremony by clicking on the link below (the video is in Hungarian):
Scientific Program
The opening ceremony was accompanied by a scientific symposium.
David Tovey, Editor-in-Chief of the Cochrane Library pointed out the importance of the evidence. After that he touched the role of the Cochrane Collaboration, and talked about future plans and challenges.
Gerd Antes, Director of the German Cochrane Centre presented the role of Cochrane Centres ad Branches. After defining the concept of evidence based medicine he estimated how information transfer realizes in practice.
Gerald Gartlehner, Director of the Austrian Cochrane Branch made a presentation about the first four years of the Branch. He talked about challenges faced, achievements accomplished and lessons learned.
Tamás Decsi, Director of the Hungarian Branch of the German Cochrane Centre presented the state of evidence-based medicine in Hungary. He referred to the former initiatives, which helped a lot to disseminate the concept of evidence based medicine in Hungary.
Wim Weber, European Research Editor of The BMJ talked about the access to medical research. He pointed out the problems, adverted to the transparency, accessibility and the current European situation.
Lee Hooper, senior lecturer of the Norwich Medical School made a presentation about the systematic reviews in nutrition. She highlighted the necessity of these reviews, referring to former studies and mistakes.
The ppt or pdf versions of the presentations are accessible:
- David Tovey, The Cochrane Library: Cochrane: the next decade
- Gerd Antes, German Cochrane Centre: Global knowledge, local implementation and the role of Cochrane Centres and Branches
- Gerald Gartlehner, Austrian Cochrane Branch: The first 4 years of the Austrian Cochrane Branch - challenges, achievements, and lessons learned
- Tamás Decsi, Hungarian Branch of the German Cochrane Centre: History of EBM in Hungary
- Wim Weber, The BMJ: Transparency and access to medical research
- Lee Hooper, Norwich Medical School: Why do we need systematic reviews in nutrition?