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Our training dates for 2026! Scan the QR code to register @jbiebhc.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social

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This month, the Wales Centre For Evidence Based Care celebrates its 20th anniversary! For two decades, we’ve committed to advancing evidence-based practice and we are incredibly proud of the impact we’ve made. A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey. @drdeborahe.bsky.social

The preprint for our Active Travel rapid review for Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre can now be accessed via Research Square www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8... @deborahedwards.bsky.social @adriangkedwards.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @katebutton.bsky.social

Well done to Joshua Bryan for his poster presentation and talk at the On-Campus Internship conference on Wednesday 👏 Josh was a brilliant addition to the team over the Summer and we send a big thank you from all of the team for all of his help and professionalism @cardiffunilib.bsky.social

Last week we helped celebrate 25 years of SURE (Specialist Unit for Research Evidence) at the Senedd. A wonderful evening with brilliant speakers reflecting on SURE’s partnerships across Cardiff, Wales, the UK and globally and the real-world impact of their evidence based work.
#SeneddWales

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We’re currently running our @jbiebhc.bsky.social
comprehensive systematic review training. This week we cover module 1: introduction to EBHC and JBI & module 2: conducting SR’s of quantitative evidence. Next week we cover module 3: evidence generated by qualitative reviews and narrative and text.

Integrated care for older people or people living with frailty and waiting times/lists – a mixed methods rapid review Integrated care can be defined as the joining up of different health and/or social services to deliver care that meets individuals’ needs in an efficient way. There is limited clarity about the effect...

Our most recent rapid review for @researchwales.bsky.social looking at integrated care for older people or people living with frailty and waiting times/lists is now available on medRxiv: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our next JBI
Comprehensive Systematic Review Training programme will be taking place in June/July. Please follow the link for further information and to book your place www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/exp... @jbiebhc.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social

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What works to support better access to mental health services (from primary care to inpatients) for minority groups to reduce inequalities? A rapid evidence summary It is estimated that one in four people will experience poor mental health throughout their lifetimes. However, ethnic minority groups, refugees and asylum seekers experience more barriers accessing m...

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Suicide prevention and self-harm strategy: equality impact assessment | GOV.WALES An assessment of how the suicide prevention and self-harm strategy will impact equalities and human rights.

A WCEBC Review undertaken with the
Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) for the
Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre has been referenced in a @welshgovernment.bsky.social Suicide prevention and self harm strategy: equality impact assessment published on the 1st April

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Our next JBI
Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Programme will be taking place in May 2025. Please follow the link for further information about the course, exact dates and to enroll

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Today @wcebc.bsky.social has a stand at the Early Career Researchers Day conference in the Haydn Ellis building. We look forward to chatting to anyone at the conference and hope the event goes well. @drdeborahe.bsky.social

Insightful discussions, presentations and interesting workshops from the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre Symposium yesterday, with one breakout session presented by
Judit Csontos
#EvidenceWales2025
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Cover of journal, JBI Evidence Synthesis: SPECIAL ISSUE OUT NOW. jbievidencesynthesis.com

A special methodology issue of JBI Evidence Synthesis has just been released. This issue includes papers on: updated textual evidence synthesis methodology; revised critical appraisal tool for assessment of #RoB for cohort studies; and more! jbievidencesynthesis.com #JBImethodology

Today we have a stand at the PGR day organised by the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry outside LT1 in the main hospital building UHW and look forward to chatting to those attending #WCEBC @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social @clarebennett.bsky.social

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We enjoyed presenting the first morning of the JBI Scoping Review Training today with part two taking place tomorrow. We had participants as far afield as Saudi Arabia, Trinidad & Belgium and look forward to continuing our discussions tomorrow
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I had the privilege of giving the first seminar in the series today at the School of Pharmacy, discussing the WCEBC and all aspects of evidence synthesis.
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Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 3:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis uide critical appraisal. The proliferation of textual evidence and increase in textual evidence reviews demonstrate the need to reconceptualize JBI’s methodological approach to critically appraising t...

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Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 2:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis published and unpublished material. While systematic search methodologies have been well-established for searching traditional peer-reviewed literature, applying those same rigorous methods to literat...

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Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 1:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis ped a methodological approach to synthesize this type of evidence, advocating for the unique role of textual evidence when research to inform decision-making is limited. The JBI approach has recently ...

A series of papers co-authored by @drdeborahe.bsky.social
outlining the revised JBI
methodology regarding the inclusion of textural evidence in systematic reviews have just been published online in JBI Evidence Synthesis.

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Today is the first morning of our @jbiebhc.bsky.social
Scoping Review training and we are joined by participants from the USA, Kuwait and Norway as well as all over the UK @drdeborahe.bsky.social @clarebennett.bsky.social

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