Apart from having its own affiliate, Tufts School of Medicine is also involved with the U.S.-Cochrane Satellite with Pregnancy and Childbirth group. Dr. Jahanfar from Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community and Dr. David Haas from Indiana University, School of Medicine, Established the US Cochrane satellite with pregnancy childbirth.
The Pregnancy and Childbirth Group (PCG) U.S. satellite’s main purpose is to disseminate Cochrane Reviews and to promote Cochrane and its work in the United States, while supporting and developing the U.S.-based community of Cochrane members.
We promote evidence-based medicine dissemination (EBM) in everyday practice to obstetrics providers across the U.S., especially within rural and medically underserved regions, in partnership with stakeholders, to advance pregnancy and childbirth optimal outcomes in the U.S. and worldwide. We seek to increase the number of U.S.-based Cochrane Systematic Reviews authors through regular training workshops. In addition, we increase the number and the timeliness of engagement with consumers through regular conferences to raise a public awareness of Cochrane Systematic Reviews findings and to extend consumers’ input from the U.S. into PCG early in the review process (protocols and reviews).
While our operational area is the entire territory of the U.S., we are based at the Tufts University School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Tufts University School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM)’s Department of OB/GYN work hand in hand advocating for the use of the Cochrane Collaboration in obstetrics in the U.S. We also have collaborative partners across the U.S.
Collaborative Partners:
-Indiana University (Dr. David Hass, School of Medicine).
-University of Michigan, (Dr. Joel Gagnier, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics).
-Jefferson University (Dr. Vincenzo Berghella, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department).
What We Do
The U.S. Satellite of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group (U.S.-PCG) is a new Satellite aimed at assisting the PCG Editorial Base with producing impactful Cochrane Reviews, the training, and recruitment of new authors and consumers, and partnering with stakeholders in the U.S. to prioritize and promote knowledge translation and communication activities. All of this is focused on aiding women and children’s health practitioners in the U.S. and beyond to provide the most up-to-date evidence-informed care. The U.S.-PCG is approved by the Cochrane Collaboration and was officially launched on March 18, 2019.
Our Activities
Review production: The U.S.-PCG has been asked to aid with the production of a complex Review on oral misoprostol for labor induction. This is a WHO priority area, and we are honored to begin to aid the other authors on the extraction and summary of information from the >70 trials that will make up the Review.
Networking: In the early part of 2019, we plan to engage with stakeholders in professional organizations and foundations to begin to recruit potential new consumers and to begin the process of their involvement in priority setting for topics, reviews, and guideline development.
Knowledge translation: We are also excited to partner with leading maternal-child health journals to provide periodic dissemination and highlighting of key Cochrane Reviews and activities.
Training: We have conducted two workshops since 2017 and plan to conduct similar workshops annually.
Our People
The Pregnancy and Childbirth Group (PCG) U.S. satellite’s main purpose is to disseminate Cochrane Reviews and to promote Cochrane and its work in the United States while supporting and developing the U.S.-based community of Cochrane members.
We promote evidence-based medicine dissemination (EBM) in everyday practice to obstetrics providers across the U.S., especially within rural and medically underserved regions, in partnership with stakeholders, to advance pregnancy and childbirth optimal outcomes in the U.S. and worldwide. We seek to increase the number of U.S.-based Cochrane Systematic Reviews authors through regular training workshops. In addition, we increase the number and the timeliness of engagement with consumers through regular conferences to raise public awareness of Cochrane Systematic Reviews findings and to extend consumers’ input from the U.S. into PCG early in the review process (protocols and reviews). While our operational area is the entire territory of the U.S., we are based at the Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We advocate for the use of the Cochrane Collaboration in obstetrics in the U.S.