JOURNAL CLUB

in medicine
preparation and presentation
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Definition
A journal club is a group of
individuals who meet regularly to
critically evaluate recent articles in
the academic literature, generally
of some branch of science as
Medicine or philosophy. Journal
clubs are usually organized around
a defined subject in basic or
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Topics should preferably of

evidence based Medicine
For example, the
application of
evidence-based
medicine to some
area of medical
practice can be
facilitated by a
journal club
(Wikipedia )
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Purpose and Goal of Journal Club

The goal of Journal Club is to
introduce medical Students,
resident doctors, or even senior
faculty to the principles of clinical
topics, scientific topics in relation to
health care required to critically
appraise published clinical research
literature.
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Journal Clubs are old phenomena to

empower the Profession

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Valuable part of Journal Club

The value of a journal club is
that it can promote a better
understanding of the

research process and an

improved ability to
critically appraise
research. Reading and

critiquing research is most

beneficial for critical care
doctors and nurses, as it
facilitates the evaluation of
research for use in clinical
practice.
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Purpose of the presentation

The general
purpose of a
journal club is to
facilitate the
review of a
specific
research study
and to discuss
implications of the
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Updating the people on Information

A journal club has
been defined as an
educational meeting
in which a group of
individuals discuss
current articles,
providing a forum
for a collective effort
to keep up with the
literature
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Please inform the

participants on the Matters
you are presenting

Post and
distribute copies
of the research
article and the
journal club
discussion
questions to
interested persons
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Mentor's Role
Help residents identify
appropriate article that fits prespecified design of the month.
Meet with residents 1-2 weeks
before Journal Club to discuss
paper and prepare. Lead a 30-40
min. discussion of the paper and
related topics in critical appraisal
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Residents Role
Residents and Post
graduates select a
recent article and clear
it with assigned Journal
Club mentor. ( Can be
HOD or Senior Faculty )
They read the article
and arrange a meeting
with the mentor at least
one week before Journal
Club to discuss
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Presentation not more than

15 minutes
Must be limited
to 15 minutes
to allow plenty
of time for
teaching and
discussion
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Select an article
Consider articles
on topics of
interest to you
that will generate
conversation.
Also consider
topics discussed
at the Journal
Club meetings
earlier in the
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Present the article with Scientific

Basis

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Based on what you are

currently learning and what
you already know, read the
article with a critical eye.
Consider hypothesis, study
design, bias, methods of
analyses used, etc. How can
readers make sense of the
numbers in the tables? Are
the results reproducible?

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Favoured by JAMA and Annals

of Internal Medicine
Presenters
should be able to
summarize each
heading in one or
two lines so as to
fit on a single
slide.
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Never Forget to Incorporate

the following matters
It should outline "Hypothesis/Goal;
"Study Design;"
"Setting;

"Participants;"

"Data Collection;
Outcome;
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"Main

"Analytic Method."
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Cut and Paste is presentation of

complex tables
Typically, cut and paste
tables and figures.
Since you'll have
already distributed
hardcopies of the article,
don't worry too much
about reformatting
tables for readability on
the screen
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Just point to the

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Must come to some conclusions at the end

of presentation
Conclude by Managing Presentation
Conclusions/ Implications
(1
slide)
Strengths
(1 slide)
Weaknesses
(1 slide)
Discussion Points
(1 slide)
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Our success will increase

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 eg, encourage
Encourage more
people
more
view your presentation

attendance, hold
more than one
session,
programs can be
uploaded in
internet the
session for those

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Encourage people for participation

Several factors are key in promoting
a successful journal club, including
promoting interest, attendance, and
involvement. Having a session
leader to start and facilitate
discussion can help to ensure that
the journal club meetings are
productive.
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Trouble Shooting
A number of
tricks seemed
to help.
Answering
individuals
own questions
is central to
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Too many Ideas and

suggestion
But make
sure in your
early sessions
that you
cause confusion and
Dangerous
have a planted
scenario or question in
your group

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Make the matters

simple
Make matters
interesting
Too many
suggestions the
participants will be

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Encourage greater participation

from many experts
Early on, people
seem keen to
come up with
questions focused
on the rare,
unusual, and
wonderful
diagnoses they
have bumped into
rather than
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Make your Program Interesting

Rule of thumb
Oral 10% Visual
35% Oral & 65%
Visual Source:
Najjar, LJ (1998)
Principles of
educational
multimedia user
interface design
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Conclude the Session with

Finally, its useful to end by asking
everyone for their clinical bottom
line. You might even want to follow
this up with group decisions on
actions needed to implement the
evidence (eg, put up a flowchart or
buy the needed equipment) and
possible monitoring items
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A successful Presentation fulfils

Does the
discussion
accurately
interpret
results,
specifically in
the context of
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MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION

IS THE TIME WORTH ATTENING JOURNAL CLUB

Finally, did you and

the group, learn
some information
and/or skills from
the time spent on
reviewing the
article? That is, of
course, the most
important measure
of learning: getting
the most out of your
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Feed back is essential to

know what the people
from
us
Evaluate except
the journal
club (eg, at the end of
the session, gather
feedback from
participants).
Determine how the
next journal club
meeting could be
made more beneficial,

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Never Forget Your Feed Back is

Important for the Development
of Academics

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References
Quick Guide to Clinical Epidemiology and Critical
Appraisal Osler Journal Club
Web resources on Changing trends in Medical Education

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Our Presentations should Ignite many

Younger Minds
My Presentation is just to look further
Knowledge

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 Program File Created by Dr.T.V.Rao MD for

Medical Professionals globally to make the
matters interesting in presentation of
Journal Club Articles
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