{"title":"Promoting the Conduct of Medical Education Journal Clubs in Teaching Medical Institutions.","authors":"Saurabh R Shrivastava, Prateek S Shrivastava","doi":"10.1055/s-0041-1735126","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> A critical appraisal of a research article as a part of journal club sessions is an essential aspect of postgraduate training across different medical institutions in varied settings. The purpose of the current review was to explore the merits of medical education journal clubs and identify the potential factors that need to be considered for conducting these journal clubs in medical institutions. <b>Methods</b> An extensive search of all materials related to the topic was performed in the PubMed search engine and a total of 51 studies were included in the review based on the suitability with the current review objectives. Keywords used in the search include medical education journal clubs in the title only (viz., journal club [ti] AND medical education [ti]; medical education journal clubs [ti]; journal club [ti]). The articles published in English language only were included in the review. <b>Results</b> Regardless of the extensive employment of the journal clubs in different medical specialties, it is quite alarming to note that not many institutions conduct journal clubs targeting the field of medical education. These sessions offer a unique opportunity to the participants to assess the literature in a supportive fashion and play a defining role in ensuring better quality health care teachings to the medical students. However, we must understand that the successful conduct of medical education journal clubs requires specific considerations and groundwork, so that the students may benefit. <b>Conclusion</b> In conclusion, the medical education journal clubs have not been frequently conducted, as more preference has been given to the subject-specialty journal clubs. However, considering the scope and benefits that journal clubs add to improve teaching, all medical institutions should advocate to conduct medical education journal clubs within their premises in a structured manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":32889,"journal":{"name":"Avicenna Journal of Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/43/a9/10-1055-s-0041-1735126.PMC8500071.pdf","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Avicenna Journal of Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1735126","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/7/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background A critical appraisal of a research article as a part of journal club sessions is an essential aspect of postgraduate training across different medical institutions in varied settings. The purpose of the current review was to explore the merits of medical education journal clubs and identify the potential factors that need to be considered for conducting these journal clubs in medical institutions. Methods An extensive search of all materials related to the topic was performed in the PubMed search engine and a total of 51 studies were included in the review based on the suitability with the current review objectives. Keywords used in the search include medical education journal clubs in the title only (viz., journal club [ti] AND medical education [ti]; medical education journal clubs [ti]; journal club [ti]). The articles published in English language only were included in the review. Results Regardless of the extensive employment of the journal clubs in different medical specialties, it is quite alarming to note that not many institutions conduct journal clubs targeting the field of medical education. These sessions offer a unique opportunity to the participants to assess the literature in a supportive fashion and play a defining role in ensuring better quality health care teachings to the medical students. However, we must understand that the successful conduct of medical education journal clubs requires specific considerations and groundwork, so that the students may benefit. Conclusion In conclusion, the medical education journal clubs have not been frequently conducted, as more preference has been given to the subject-specialty journal clubs. However, considering the scope and benefits that journal clubs add to improve teaching, all medical institutions should advocate to conduct medical education journal clubs within their premises in a structured manner.
作为期刊俱乐部会议的一部分,对研究文章进行批判性评估是不同医疗机构在不同环境下的研究生培训的一个重要方面。本综述的目的是探讨医学教育期刊俱乐部的优点,并确定在医疗机构开展这些期刊俱乐部需要考虑的潜在因素。方法在PubMed搜索引擎中广泛检索与该主题相关的所有资料,根据与当前综述目标的适合性,共纳入51项研究。在搜索中使用的关键词只包括标题中的医学教育期刊俱乐部(即期刊俱乐部[ti]和医学教育[ti];医学教育期刊俱乐部[j];Journal club [ti])。仅以英文发表的文章被纳入本综述。结果尽管各医学专业广泛开设了期刊社,但针对医学教育领域开设期刊社的机构并不多,这一点令人担忧。这些会议为参与者提供了一个独特的机会,以一种支持性的方式评估文献,并在确保向医学生提供更高质量的卫生保健教学方面发挥决定性作用。然而,我们必须认识到,医学教育期刊俱乐部的成功开展需要具体的考虑和基础工作,这样学生才能受益。综上所述,医学教育期刊俱乐部的办刊频率不高,学科专业期刊俱乐部更受重视。然而,考虑到期刊俱乐部为改善教学所增加的范围和好处,所有医疗机构都应提倡在其场所内以有组织的方式开展医学教育期刊俱乐部。