Institute for Evidence in Medicine
Our current address since 1.8.2020 is:Breisacher Str. 86, 1st floor, 79110 Freiburg
The Institute of Evidence-based Medicine (for Cochrane Germany Foundation) (IfEM for short) of the Faculty of Medicine - University of Freiburg was founded on 01.01.2018 and is part of the Center for Data-Driven Medicine. IfEM and the newly established Cochrane Germany Foundation at the end of October 2017 continue the work and activities of the former German Cochrane Center, the German representative office of the international Cochrane Collaboration.
The Institute focuses on the following areas, among others
- Preparation of evidence syntheses
(systematic reviews, scoping reviews, network meta-analyses, etc.) - Methodological research on evidence syntheses
- Critical evaluation and interpretation of evidence (GRADE methodology)
- Research on the quality of scientific research
The IfEM includes the Freiburg GRADE Center and is an academic cooperation partner of the Cochrane Germany Foundation.
Funding is provided on a pro rata basis by the University Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine.