The Cochrane Skin Group: Promoting the Best Evidence

Abstract

The work performed by the Cochrane Skin Group is an important component for informing the evidence base for the clinical practice of cutaneous and surgical dermatology.

Conflict of interest

“…[6,[17][18][19][20] [6,[17][18][19][20] Clear and consistent dermatology journal and conference policies should be developed for dealing with and declaring conflicts of interest.…”

Consumer Empowerment in Dermatology

“…The CSG produces and disseminates systematic reviews of dermatologic practices. It routinely involves consumers in the production of systematic reviews of the medical literature [42]. Consumers serve as authors, translators, and reviewers [43].…”

Conflicts of Interest in Dermatology

“…Manyjournals belonging to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) now insist that trials need to be registered before they can be even considered for publication (56,57). • Systetnatic reviews, such as those produced by the Cochrane Collaboration, that attempt to produce unbiased summaries of trial evidence (59). org) reporting recommendations to ensure that all essential trial data, such as how randomization was generated and concealed, how blinding was achieved, how many patients entered the study and how many were analysed etc are included, so that readers can quickly assess the validity of that published study (58).…”