Perception of journal club seminars by medical doctoral students: results from five years of evaluation

Taverna, Myriam; Bucher, Julian Nicolaus; Weniger, Maximilian; Gropp, Roswitha; Lee, Serene M. L.; Mayer, Barbara; Werner, Jens; Bazhin, Alexandr V.

doi:10.3205/zma001525

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“…So far, evidence in the literature has been controversial as to the impact of journal clubs on critical appraisal skills [10,18], and the understanding of biostatistics in (surgical) residents [19]. Others have shown results that are more positive in postgraduate medical students [20]. Providing a short checklist to interpret the validity, results, and applicability of each separate study design, as provided, for example, by the National Cochrane Center (www.cochrane.nl/resources), appeared to be helpful.…”

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Evidence-Based Medicine Course in Combination With Journal Clubs to Promote Evidence-Based Surgery

Ubbink¹,

Augustinus²,

Feenstra³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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To provide high-quality surgical care, surgeons must critically appraise medical literature to adapt their clinical practice whenever convincing evidence emerges. This will promote evidence-based surgery (EBS). Over the last decade, we have organized monthly journal clubs (JCs) and more extensive quarterly EBS courses for surgical residents and PhD students, supervised by surgical staff. We evaluated the participation, satisfaction, and knowledge gained by this EBS program, to make the program future-proof and aid other educators. Materials and methodsAn anonymous digital survey was distributed via email among residents, PhD students, and surgeons of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers' (UMC) surgical department in April 2022. The survey included general questions on EBS education, specific course-oriented questions for the residents and PhD students, and questions about supervision for surgeons. ResultsThe survey was completed by 47 respondents from the surgery department of the Amsterdam UMC University Hospital, of whom 63.8% (n=30) were residents or PhD students and 36.2% (n=17) were surgeons. During one year of the combined EBS course and JCs, the EBS course was attended by 40.0% (n=12) of PhD students and was rated with a mean score of 7.6/10. JCs were attended by 86.6% (n=26) of residents or PhD students and received a mean score of 7.4/10. Reported strengths of the JCs were their easy accessibility and the acquisition of critical appraisal skills and scientific knowledge. A reported point of improvement was to focus more deeply on specific epidemiological topics per meeting. Of the surgeons, 64.7% (n=11) had supervised at least one JC and gave a mean score of 8.5/10. The main reasons to supervise JCs were the distribution of knowledge (45.5%), scientific discussion (36.3%), and contact with PhD students (18.1%). ConclusionOur EBS educational program, including JCs and EBS courses, was well appreciated by residents, PhD students, and staff. This format is advocated for other centers aiming to better implement EBS in surgical practice.

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Evidence-Based Medicine Course in Combination With Journal Clubs to Promote Evidence-Based Surgery

Ubbink¹,

Augustinus²,

Feenstra³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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“…In addition, the identification of satisfaction is recommended by Taverna et al 35 who stated that journal club experiences are greatly valued by applicants and trainees and could be a beneficial selection for the training of convinced soft skills.…”

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Effectiveness of Journal Club Presentation as a Learning Modality in the Endocrinology and Endocrine Surgery Module in an Integrative Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Alghamdi

2023

AMEP

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Introduction The journal club is widely used in most postgraduate programs of medical institutes; however, the use of journal clubs in undergraduate medical programs is nearly absent or very rare. Aim The aim of this work is to document the insertion of the journal club as a method for learning in the undergraduate starting with the endocrinology/endocrine surgery module to be fully implemented in all modules of the MBBS of FMBU. In addition, the study aimed to outline the steps of designing a journal club by following specific procedures and Identification of students’ and faculty satisfaction through 5-years implementation of the journal club. Material and Methods A total of 453 students representing the five consecutive batches of medical students from 2019 to 2023 who studied the endocrinology/endocrine surgery module were entered into the study. Following guidelines for implementation of the journal clubs that were adopted by the quality and accreditation committee, the faculty select the types of papers from the articles chosen by students. The papers discussed were case reports, original research, and review articles. The students were asked to formulate critical appraisal topics, PICO, for each paper. A 20-question test was applied to all participants. The students’ attendance, scores, and students/faculty satisfaction were estimated. Results A total of 50 papers were discussed in the 5-year journal club 15 case reports (30%), 26 original research (52%), and 9 review articles (18%). The student’s attendance ranged from 72.53±3.74 to 98.07±3.15. The students and faculty’s satisfaction were 3.52 and 3.82 respectively. The mean Students’ score in A 20-question test in a 5-year journal club was 76.93 ± 9.78 and the lowest score was in the 2nd batch (online batch). Conclusion The insertion of a well-structured journal club in the undergraduate medical program is necessary to improve the knowledge including knowledge among students. In addition, journal clubs inspire students to be lifelong learners.

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“…As Pukas et al describe, this is a common problem [ 12 ]. Finally, teaching research skills, for example in the form of journal clubs for medical students as proposed by Taverna et al, can also be a topic of faculty training [ 13 ].…”

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Learning to teach in medical education

Wijnen-Meijer

2022

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Perception of journal club seminars by medical doctoral students: results from five years of evaluation

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Evidence-Based Medicine Course in Combination With Journal Clubs to Promote Evidence-Based Surgery

Evidence-Based Medicine Course in Combination With Journal Clubs to Promote Evidence-Based Surgery

Effectiveness of Journal Club Presentation as a Learning Modality in the Endocrinology and Endocrine Surgery Module in an Integrative Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Learning to teach in medical education

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