Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine Through Facilitated Journal Clubs

Richardson, Gina M.; Urbanowicz, Erin; Taher, Tajwar; Hasan, Reem

doi:10.22454/primer.2021.441926

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“…Broadly speaking, to ensure that EBM principles and skills take root in clinical practice, journal clubs should be an integral part of both preclinical and postgraduate education [ 23 ], not only in medicine but also in nursing [ 24 ]. In addition, integrating shared decision-making into the EBM course can add a more person-centered care focus that would provide more clinical balance to the program.…”

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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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confidence: 99%