Free resources from other organisations. Each link was checked to be live and freely accessible.
The official home of the 2025 SPIRIT checklist for trial protocols and the 2025 CONSORT checklist for reporting randomised trial results. Checklists, explanation papers and free online writing aids can all be downloaded at no cost.
The main reporting guideline for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The site provides the checklist, the flow-diagram template, the explanation papers, extensions for other review types and translations.
The widely adopted standards on authorship, conflicts of interest, peer review and publication ethics for medical journals. The latest version, updated January 2026, can be read online or downloaded as a PDF.
WHO's 2009 guidance on patient safety in surgery, which supports the Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative. The 124-page document can be downloaded free in several languages.
