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[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.

Date: 1–4 Dec 2025 OR Mondays 19 Jan – 9 Feb 2026
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT
Online

https://t.co/OWUmzYN2ub

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

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[Peer Review Congress #PRC11 Coming 2029! @peerrevcongress]

The #CONSORT-Children and Adolescents (CONSORT-C) 2026 reporting guideline aims to improve the quality and completeness of reporting of paediatric RCTs that involve participants aged 0–19 years.
https://t.co/Zu5N3g1Q7C
@LancetChildAdol @EQUATORNetwork @martinoffringa

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.

Date: 1–4 Dec 2025 OR Mondays 19 Jan – 9 Feb 2026
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT
Online

https://t.co/OWUmzYN2ub

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

Need guidance for reporting acupuncture case report studies? Then the recently published CARE acupuncture provides important recommendations.

More details in our library

https://t.co/iAsKK11x15

[Gary Collins @GSCollins]

NEW PAPER "The STARD-AI reporting guideline for diagnostic accuracy studies using #artificialintelligence" in @NatureMedicine

--> https://t.co/7IGGyF4MPK

#machinelearning #digitalhealth #transparency

[Dr. Giovanni E Cacciamani MD MSc FEBU 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇪🇺 @Cacciamani_MD]

[via @uroAI_news] Guideline Sheds Light on Best Practices for Reporting AI-Powered Health Chatbot Studies https://t.co/q0LqxtNAr1

Kudos to @brighthuo and @GuyattGH for leading this incredible effort 👏
Contributors & Collaborators
Special thanks to the amazing team who made this possible:
@GSCollins | @Cacciamani_MD | @CLaineMD | @AFlanagin | @thirumasu | @AlfonsoIorio | @juliomayol | @nliulab | @riazagha | @DrXiaoLiu | @SunjayaMD | @drnipunverma | @YJeremyNg | @mike_mitt | @meerpohl | @Tfeend | @eloder | @HelenFrankish | @LoebStacy | @tylermckechnie | @YungLeeMDMPH | @EQUATORNetwork

[Sanjana Choudhury @SanjanaCho26602]

Take part in our survey and help shape how trial results are shared with patients & the public.
🔊 Final round open!
📝 Just 11 items to rate
⏱️ ~10 mins
📢 Open to researchers, patients and the public
Take part here: https://t.co/ow7EPBwNbU

#PPI #Trials #HealthResearch

[Gary Collins @GSCollins]

NEW PAPER: the CHART reporting guideline for studies evaluating generative AI models like #ChatGPT & other #LLMs for providing health advice

https://t.co/M8cxzBm60K

The explanation & elaboration paper

https://t.co/tBwkxnq13b

#genAI #chatbots #healthadvice #reporting

[Bright Huo @brighthuo]

Attention #AI researchers, clinicians, patients, editors, publishers, & beyond👋
Just in 🖨️ - the #CHART reporting guideline ✅ for studies evaluating #genAI models like #ChatGPT & other #LLMs for health advice
Statement:
👉https://t.co/M66Bxrp5bt
👉https://t.co/B8G4Crz6SD
👉https://t.co/4cfOTDe7C5
👉https://t.co/ktoxV29H0b
👉https://t.co/TqT4r1xrHC
👉https://t.co/Uqh12Lkjti
E&E:
👉https://t.co/FJlehdpczF

Published in @BMJMedicine @BJSurgery @JAMANetworkOpen @BMCMedicine @AnnFamMed & Art Med
@GuyattGH | @GSCollins | @Cacciamani_MD | @CLaineMD | @AFlanagin | @thirumasu | @AlfonsoIorio | @juliomayol | @nliulab | @riazagha | @DrXiaoLiu | @SunjayaMD | @drnipunverma | @YJeremyNg | @mike_mitt | @meerpohl | @Tfeend | @eloder | @HelenFrankish | @LoebStacy | @tylermckechnie | @YungLeeMDMPH
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[Surgery and Cancer @ImperialSandC]

Express your interest in joining this initiative and taking part in the Delphi process to develop the guidelines ⬇️

https://t.co/NPYS7QfT5Q

@NIHRresearch @IVDHRC @ImperialBRC @MichaelGFadel @HannahKettley @HannaGroup_ICL @CSPRG_Imperial @LSHTM @CampbellReviews @EQUATORNetwork

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

📢Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.

Date: Mondays, 23 June – 14 July 2025
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT+1
Online

https://t.co/7PAvzngeYW

[Cris Ojeda-Thies @ojedathies]

En medicina: seguid los checklists de @EQUATORNetwork https://t.co/y1sTfDaCNp

Consejo para escribir artículos: se aprende mucho leyendo artículos. Id más allá del resumen del principio, fijaros en cómo se estructura cada sección.

Leed un par cada semana, como costumbre.

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A Consensus Statement in @NatureMedicine from CONSORT 2025 provides updated guidance to authors, reviewers and editors, when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. https://t.co/pQs93ZKckj

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

Health researchers, join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School and learn how to: · Negotiate authorship

· Choose a journal
· Develop good writing habits
· Write each section of an article
· Revise your own writing
· Respond to peer review

https://t.co/7PAvzngeYW

[EQUATOR Network @EQUATORNetwork]

📢Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.

Date: Mondays, 23 June – 14 July 2025
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT+1
Online

https://t.co/7PAvzngeYW

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

The SPIRIT 2025 statement updates the guidelines for randomized trial protocols to enhance their completeness, transparency, and consistency, benefiting stakeholders involved in clinical research.

https://t.co/sfdiwWHJwc

[Gary Collins @GSCollins]

We have also published a new Explanation and Elaboration paper in @bmj_latest providing updated guidance and examples for reporting protocols of randomised trials.
—> https://t.co/tAEf1bUf8K

[Gary Collins @GSCollins]

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @bmj_latest @JAMA_current @TheLancet @NatureMedicine @PLOSMedicine

—> https://t.co/EDkjxGCxAq

#openscience #transparency #medX #statsX #epiX

[Marion Campbell @MarionKCampbell]

A major update to the CONSORT reporting guidance for clinical trials was published last week.
📌 CONSORT 2025 replaces all previous versions and should be used from now on.
So what’s new and what’s different? 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #116
(COI - I am a co-author)