About Peer Reviewers For Cochrane Review GroupsCochrane Collaborative Review Groups are responsible for the development of Cochrane reviews, published electronically on The Cochrane Library. The review groups work with review authors to ensure that a well-defined process is followed. Review groups provide editorial support and peer reviewers to work through review methods, search strategies, the statistical treatment of data from the individual studies and the medical or healthcare content; the publishers provide additional support in final copy editing. Consumers active in Cochrane have a very unique and important role – to use their real life knowledge and experience to address the review from a user or receiver of health care perspective. Note Different review groups have different Checklists for commenting on their protocols and reviews but the type of information they are seeking is the same. The Cochrane Collaboration defines a 'healthcare consumer' as someone who uses, is affected by, or who is entitled or compelled to use a health-related service and is generally not a healthcare provider. |