This special issue of our regular newsletter has been prepared as we wish to inform you of EQUATOR events that will take place either before or during the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication which is being held in Chicago, USA in September 2013.
We are especially delighted to announce that Professor Kay Dickersin will present the fifth EQUATOR Annual Lecture on Monday 9 September 2013.
We hope that you will find these announcements of interest.
The EQUATOR Network Team
In this month's Newsletter
EQUATOR workshop at the Peer Review Congress in Chicago
Title: Reporting guidelines: a tool to increase the quality of health research published in your journal
Date: Saturday 7 September 2013, 9.30 – 12.30
Venue: Swissotel, Chicago, USA (Peer Review Congress venue)
Target audience: Editors and peer reviewers of medical research journals
Presenters include: Doug Altman, David Moher, Jason Roberts, and Iveta Simera
The workshop will:
* Highlight major deficiencies in health research publications
* Give an overview of available reporting guidelines to aid the completeness and transparency of research papers (CONSORT; PRISMA; STROBE)
* Discuss practical aspects of implementation of these guidelines in journals
* Introduce the EQUATOR Network resources and show how authors, editors, and peer reviewers can help to improve health research reporting
Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6542547937
Further information available form: http://www.equator-network.org/courses-events/2013-annual-lecture--workshop/
This EQUATOR event is attached to the Peer Review Congress but is independant and anyone may attend.
Read more on the EQUATOR Network website
EQUATOR Annual Lecture 2013
The 5th EQUATOR Annual Lecture will be presented by Professor Kay Dickersin, Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Director of the Center for Clinical Trials, and Director of the US Cochrane Center (USCC).
Date: Monday 9 September 2013, 18:00 – 19:00
Venue: Swissotel, Chicago, USA (Peer Review Congress venue)
Further information available from: http://www.equator-network.org/courses-events/2013-annual-lecture--workshop/
The lecture is free, no need to register.
This EQUATOR event is attached to the Peer Review Congress but is independant and anyone may attend.
Read more on the EQUATOR Network website