The Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group (CQRMG) is one of ten international Cochrane Methods Groups. It consists of Co-Convenors, Members and Group Affiliates who have an interest and expertise in qualitative research approaches and in the science of qualitative systematic reviews and who wish to keep abreast of the work of the Group. The central concerns of the group relate to increasing an awareness of the role of qualitative evidence in guiding health care practices; the development of approaches suitable for systematically reviewing qualitative evidence; and the training of reviewers in qualitative meta-synthesis.