Improving Public Confidence in Science: Plain Language Summaries for COVID-19 Recommendations & Cont
CanCOVID Speaker Series
Improving Public Confidence in Science: Plain Language Summaries for COVID-19 Recommendations & Contextualization, RecMap
Dr. Holger Schünemann, Director of Cochrane Canada, Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods, and Recommendations, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Medicine at McMaster University
Dr. Kevin Pottie, Professor Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Bruyère Research Institute, Institut du Savior Montfort, University of Ottawa
Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 4:00 - 4:30pm EDT
How can plain language summaries of COVID-19 recommendations improve public confidence in science? Drs. Schünemann, Pottie, and team launch a series of public and provider targeted plain language recommendation summaries as part of the 'COVID-19 Recommendations and Gateway to Contextualization' RecMap. Join us in a discussion of the value of plain language during the COVID-19 pandemic for vaccines, face masks, social distancing and post-COVID recommendations, and discuss opportunities and challenges for public policy and practice.
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