Table 1.

CMSG knowledge translation (KT) tools: audience and timeframe.

Audience45 min15 min5 min1 min
Patients – to inform personal decisionsDetailedStructured PlainPodcasts (6)Key points of the Plain
Decision Aids (1)Language Summaries (5)Language Summaries (5)
Cochrane Tweets (7)
PractitionersJournal Club (2)Decision AidPodcasts (6)Cochrane Tweets (7)
Dr. Cochrane (10)Summary (1a)Summary of Findings Tables (4)
Clinical scenarios in general health journals (3)Structured Plain
Language Summaries (5)
Policy makers – to inform policy developmentPodcasts (6)
Summary of Findings Table (4)
Structured Plain
Language Summaries (5)
Public/pressPodcasts (6)Cochrane Tweets (7)
Press releases
Structured Plain
Language Summaries (5)
Coming soon: Practitioners and patientsCochrane Clinical Answers (8)Narratives as a KT tool (9)
  • Numbers in parentheses refer to the order in which those items are discussed in this paper. CMSG: Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group.