Educating medical students: introducing a journal club

Curtis, Alexander; Viyasar, Thevarajah; Ahluwalia, Viren; Lazarus, Katharine

doi:10.1111/tct.12356

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“…Most studies have implemented journal clubs during medical students' clinical years. 9 , 10 The purpose of this article is to describe the successes and challenges of, as well as lessons learned in implementing, structured journal club activities in the pre-clinical years in an effort to introduce critical thinking and application skills.…”

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Utilizing journal club to facilitate critical thinking in pre-clinical medical students

Lucia

Swanberg

2018

Int J Med Educ

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Utilizing journal club to facilitate critical thinking in pre-clinical medical students

Lucia

Swanberg

2018

Int J Med Educ

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“…The initial concept of creating a journal club specifically focused on LGBTQ-identified and culturally responsive health literature was proposed by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM) students and operationalized by faculty and staff, who customized the structure and processes of the club after examining best practices and modifying available resources from other journal clubs. 15,[17][18][19]22 First-and second-year students on the main OUHCOM campus received recruitment emails and flyers, class Facebook announcements, and word of mouth notifications. Investigators held an information session in September 2018.…”

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“…15,16 Journal club participation can also make physicians and medical students feel more comfortable and confident in their ability to evaluate study design, research methods, and results of peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals, and stay current on medical developments. [17][18][19] Several professional organizations and scientific journals have recommended structural frameworks for journal clubs and offer tools and assessments to gauge effectiveness. [20][21][22][23] Following a systematic review of literature on medical journal clubs, a 15-item list of best practices for journal clubs was developed.…”

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Student Journal Club to Improve Cultural Humility with LGBTQ Patients

Thomas

Balbo

Nottingham

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Health degree programs provide opportunities to reduce disparities in care for LGBTQ patients by exposing students to LGBTQ communities and current health issues. However, LGBTQ content is mostly absent from medical school curricula. This mixed method assessment study, conducted during the 2018 to 2019 academic year, examined the feasibility of implementing a medical student journal club focused specifically on LGBTQ health issues as a complementary training tool to support efforts to create an inclusive educational environment. Compared to the pre-test, mean response scores increased for most of the parameters including familiarity with LGBTQ healthcare issues, confidence in the ability to identify harmful medical provider practices, and reading and assessing scientific literature. Qualitative data showed increased confidence, comfort and knowledge about LGBTQ health barriers. This study offers a framework for using a journal club to provide an effective platform for enhancing students’ LGBTQ cultural humility and research literacy.

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We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

Turner

Ryan²,

Wolvaardt³

2022

PLoS ONE

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The achievement of global and national health goals requires a health workforce that is sufficient and trained. Despite considerable steps in medical education, the teaching of management, health economics and research skills for medical doctors are often neglected in medical curricula. This study explored the opinions and experiences of medical doctors and academic educationalists on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum. A qualitative study was undertaken at four medical schools in Southern Africa (February to April 2021). The study population was medical doctors and academic educationalists. Semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled participants were conducted. All interviews were recorded and professionally transcribed. Constructivist grounded theory guided the analysis with the use of ATLAS.ti version 9.1.7.0 software. In total, 21 academic educationalists and 28 medical doctors were interviewed. In the first theme We know, participants acknowledged the constraints of medical schools but were adamant that management needed to be taught intentionally and explicitly. The teaching and assessment of management and health economics was generally reported to be ad hoc and unstructured. There was a desire that graduates are able to use, but not necessarily do research. In comparison to management and research, support for the inclusion of health economics in the curriculum was insignificant. Under We hope, educationalists hoped that the formal clinical teaching will somehow instil values and best practices of management and that medical doctors would become health advocates. Most participants wished that research training could be optimised, especially in relation to the duration of allocated time; the timing in the curriculum and the learning outcomes. Despite acknowledgement that management and research are topics that need to be taught, educationalists appeared to rely on chance to teach and assess management in particular. These qualitative study findings will be used to develop a discrete choice experiment to inform optimal curricula design.

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Educating medical students: introducing a journal club

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Utilizing journal club to facilitate critical thinking in pre-clinical medical students

Utilizing journal club to facilitate critical thinking in pre-clinical medical students

Student Journal Club to Improve Cultural Humility with LGBTQ Patients

We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

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