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Seeking Mentor/Supervisor for Cochrane Review: "Substrate Inheritance Error - How Contraindications Outlive Their Evidence"

Skills / interests: Clinical peer review, Review development, Searching for evidence, Writing (drafting and editing), Training or mentoring

Methodological skills / interests: Bias, Statistics, GRADEing, Non-randomised studies of interventions

I am seeking a mentor/supervisor who wants co-authorship on a groundbreaking Cochrane systematic review and will guide me through the entire process.

 

PROJECT TITLE:

"Substrate Inheritance Error: A Structural Account of How Contraindications Outlive Their Evidence"

 

ABOUT THE REVIEW:

This systematic review examines a critical, overlooked phenomenon in evidence-based medicine: medical contraindications that persist in clinical guidelines despite their original evidence being invalidated, retracted, or disproven. This could fundamentally change how medical guidelines are maintained and updated.

 

REVIEW TYPE:

- Cochrane systematic review

- Field: Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation or broader Medical field

- Currently at: Protocol development stage

 

WHAT I NEED HELP WITH:

✓ Protocol writing and Cochrane registration guidance

✓ Search strategy development for identifying persistent contraindications

✓ Methodology for analyzing evidence timelines (contraindication added vs. evidence invalidated)

✓ Data extraction framework development

✓ Review of data analysis and interpretation

✓ General mentorship through protocol → publication

 

WHAT I OFFER:

✓ FULL CO-AUTHORSHIP on published review

✓ Acknowledgement in publication

✓ Lead researcher role with mentor oversight

✓ Complete project execution under your guidance

 

PREFERRED MENTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

✓ 2+ published Cochrane reviews as author/supervisor

✓ Experience mentoring systematic review students/researchers

✓ Background in evidence-based medicine, clinical guidelines, or contraindications

✓ Available for monthly biweekly check-ins

✓ Comfortable with virtual communication

 

TIMELINE:

- Protocol submission: Within 2-3 months

- Review completion: 12-18 months from start

 

COMMUNICATION:

- Virtual meetings (Zoom, email, platform messaging)

- Frequency: Monthly check-ins, bi-weekly during critical phases

 

This is a novel, field-changing review that has never been systematically analyzed before.

Ideal applicant

I am looking for a mentor/supervisor who wants co-authorship on a groundbreaking Cochrane systematic review about "Substrate Inheritance Error: How Contraindications Outlive Their Evidence." MUST HAVE: ✓ 2+ published Cochrane reviews as author/supervisor ✓ Experience mentoring systematic review students/researchers ✓ Background in evidence-based medicine, clinical guidelines, or contraindications ✓ Available for monthly/bi-weekly check-ins (virtual OK) ✓ Wants co-authorship on published review EXPERIENCE: ✓ Published Cochrane reviews (minimum 2) ✓ Experience with protocol development → publication ✓ Comfortable with virtual collaboration (Zoom, email, messaging) PREFERENCES: ✓ Background in Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, or clinical guidelines ✓ Excited about novel, field-changing research ✓ Available to start within 1 month ✓ Willing to guide me through entire process (protocol → publication) REMOTE IS OK: Location doesn't matter, virtual communication preferred

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