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3050179

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
The journal club is an established teaching modality in many house-staff training programs. To determine if a journal club improves house-staff reading habits, knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics, and critical appraisal skills, we randomized 44 medical interns to receive either a journal club or a control seminar series. A test instrument developed by the Delphi method was administered before and after the interventions (mean, five journal club sessions). By self-report, 86% of the house staff in the journal club group improved their reading habits vs 0% in the control group. Knowledge scores increased more in the journal club group than in the control group, and a trend was found toward more knowledge gained as more sessions were attended. Ability to appraise critically a test article increased slightly in each group, but there was no significant difference between the groups. We conclude that a journal club is a powerful motivator of critical house-staff reading behavior and can help teach epidemiology and biostatistics to physicians-in-training.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
260
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2537-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of a medical journal club on house-staff reading habits, knowledge, and critical appraisal skills. A randomized control trial.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't