Caroline Struthers' correspondence and blog on the Cochrane Review: 'Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, 2017 and 2019, Larun et al.

MSEsperanza said:
Apologies if this had been already posted - just saw this when I checked which Cochrane sites were currently availble:
https://www.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-seeks-editor-chief-cochrane-library

"Dr David Tovey, Cochrane’s first Editor in Chief, is stepping down at the end of May after 10 years in the role."


Edit: correct URL
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Rereading this, just noticed that the job advert was dated last Wed, 13th Feb.

Presumably it was posted today while the site was down?

Applications need to be submitted by 28th Feb and it is the 19th Feb today. That is not long. Has it been posted elsewhere?

How long have things been moving at Cochrane?
 
Binkie4 said:
Rereading this, just noticed that the job advert was dated last Wed, 13th Feb.

Presumably it was posted today while the site was down?

Applications need to be submitted by 28th Feb and it is the 19th Feb today. That is not long. Has it been posted elsewhere?

How long have things been moving at Cochrane?
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Given their advert for a new Board Member was dated the 13th of February with a deadline of the 12th of March. Even that seems a relatively short period given they are seeking nominations for this post from countries not already represented on the Board.
 
Update from Caroline
On 19 December Cochrane Chief Executive officer Mark Wilson wrote to me stating that if I wasn’t happy with Dr Tovey’s response which was in preparation, I could ask the Cochrane Board to review the case.

If you are not happy with his response then you can ask the Cochrane Board to review it and the Board will decide if and how that should be done, and any final decision and response related to the complaint.

I was not happy with Dr Tovey’s response of 6 January, and responded at length with the reasons on 18 February. Having received no acknowledgement of my letter, I wrote to the Cochrane Board on 30 April to request a review of the case.
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https://healthycontrolblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/cochrane-complaint-latest/
 
The author's had until today to amend the review, so my interpretation is that the publication is intended for some unspecified date in the future if/when it passes peer review, or editorial review. (At leastI'm assuming somebody will assess the amendment in some way, but maybe that's not how it works).

Editor's note is under 'What's New':

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub7/information
 
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Presumably the decision should not take too long in the making (absolute maximum one week I would have thought?), and will be whether to allow the revised review to supersede the current one, or to pull the plug on it. Given how impossible it would seem for the authors to meet the 'defensible' and 'valid' criteria, I would imagine Cochrane should decide to withdraw it. Time will tell, but hopefully not too much time.
 
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