Ken N. Kuo MD FACS

EBM Chair Professor & Director, Center for Evidence-Based Medicine,

Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Visiting Professor, Institute of Population Health Sciences,

National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

SR publication among Australiasian region

SR = systematic review;

PI = participation index (eg: SRi / SRt);

TBP = total biomedical publications

Chen CF, Lo HL, Tzeng PF, Chiu YW, Chiu WT, Kuo KN: Comparison of the increasing number of published systemic

reviews in selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Journal of the Experimental and Clinical Medicine, 2(2):79-86, 2010

Source: Steve McDonald, Asia-Pacific Evidence-Based Medicine Network Meeting, Seoul, 31 August 2011

Source: Steve McDonald, Asia-Pacific Evidence-Based Medicine Network Meeting, Seoul, 31 August 2011

Why we need to form EACA? We have similar societal context and

cultural background and healthcare system (either tax based or insurance-based).

We face similar difficulty in promoting systematic review and participating Cochrane activities.

We have specific demand such as language translation for knowledge translation.

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East Asian

Cochrane Alliance

(EACA)

Chronological events for EACA Time Events Place Note

2007.11.17 1st EACA meeting

Taipei, Taiwan At 2007 Asia Pacific Evidence-Based Medicine Network Conference

Consensus gathering for establishing EACA

2009.10.11 2nd EACA meeting

Singapore At 2009 17th Cochrane Colloquium

Clarifying the focus area of EACA, explored potential academic cooperation issues

2010.9.4 3rd EACA meeting

Taichung, Taiwan At 2010 Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association Annual Conference

Discussing EACA strategic plan draft, initial John Wiley & Sons, Ltd involement.

2011.8.31 4th EACA meeting

Seoul, Korea At Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) 2011 conference

Confirming EACA 2011-2015 strategic plan

2012.1.26 5th EACA meeting

Tokyo, Japan At 2012 the Second Annual Meeting of Japan Epidemiological Association (JEA)

Will discuss translation issue for local clinical trial title and Cochrane glossary

2007 1st EACA meeting

2009 2nd EACA meeting

Front row, left to right: Naohito Yamaguchi, Nick Royle, Ken N. Kuo, Miranda Cumpston, Jin Ling Tang

Back row, left to right: Hsueh Erh Liu, Kiichiro Tsutani, Chieh-Feng Chen, Hyeong Sik Ahn, Edwin SY Chan, Ya-Wen

Chiu, Chun-Ying Wu, Heng-Lien Lo

2011 4th EACA meeting

2011-2015 Strategic Plan Mission 1: To raise awareness of and use of Cochrane

reviews to inform healthcare practice and policy

Mission 2: To build capacity for conducting reviews and contribute to producing high quality healthcare evidence

Mission 3: To provide a platform for information exchange and to contribute to the Cochrane Collaboration's efforts to identify reports of trials in East Asia

Mission 4: To ensure an efficient, sustainable organizational structure for the East Asian Cochrane Alliance

Source: http://eaca.cochrane.org/strategic-plan

Funding and Support

The Australasian Cochrane Centre provides

supervision and technical support to the EACA.

All EACA activities are currently supported by its

alliance on voluntary basis.