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JOURNAL CLUB
in medicine
preparation and presentation
Dr.T.V.Rao MD
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Definition
•A journal club is a group of individuals who
meet regularly to critically evaluate recent
articles in the academic literature,
generally of some branch of science as
Medicine or philosophy. Journal clubs are
usually organized around a defined subject
in basic or applied research.
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Topics should preferably of
evidence based Medicine
•For example, the
application of
evidence-based
medicine to some area
of medical practice can
be facilitated by a
journal club
(Wikipedia )
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Purpose and Goal of Journal Club
•The goal of Journal Club is to introduce
medical Students, resident doctors, or
even senior faculty to the principles of
clinical topics, scientific topics in
relation to health care required to
critically appraise published clinical
research literature.
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Journal Clubs are old phenomena to
empower the Profession
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Valuable part of Journal Club
• The value of a journal club is
that it can promote a better
understanding of the
research process and an
improved ability to critically
appraise research. Reading
and critiquing research is
most beneficial for critical
care doctors and nurses, as it
facilitates the evaluation of
research for use in clinical
practice.
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Purpose of the
presentation
•The general purpose of
a journal club is to
facilitate the review of
a specific research
study and to discuss
implications of the
study for clinical
practice.
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Updating the people on
Information
• A journal club has been
defined as an educational
meeting in which a group
of individuals discuss
current articles,
providing a forum for a
collective effort to keep
up with the literature
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Please inform the participants on
the Matters you are presenting
• Post and distribute
copies of the research
article and the journal
club discussion
questions to
interested persons
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Mentor's Role
•Help residents identify appropriate article
that fits pre-specified design of the month.
Meet with residents 1-2 weeks before Journal
Club to discuss paper and prepare. Lead a 30-
40 min. discussion of the paper and related
topics in critical appraisal following the
residents' presentation at Journal Club.
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Residents Role
• Residents and Post graduates
select a recent article and clear it
with assigned Journal Club
mentor. ( Can be HOD or Senior
Faculty ) They read the article
and arrange a meeting with the
mentor at least one week before
Journal Club to discuss strengths
and weaknesses, identify
teaching points, and outline
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Presentation not more than 15 minutes
•Must be limited
to 15 minutes to
allow plenty of
time for
teaching and
discussion
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Select an article
• Consider articles on
topics of interest to you
that will generate
conversation. Also
consider topics
discussed at the Journal
Club meetings earlier in
the year…variety is a
good thing
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Present the article with
Scientific Basis
• Based on what you are
currently learning and what
you already know, read the
article with a critical eye.
Consider hypothesis, study
design, bias, methods of
analyses used, etc. How can
readers make sense of the
numbers in the tables? Are
the results reproducible?
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Favoured by JAMA and Annals of
Internal Medicine
•Presenters should
be able to
summarize each
heading in one or
two lines so as to
fit on a single slide.
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Never Forget to Incorporate the
following matters
•It should outline "Hypothesis/Goal;“
"Study Design;"
"Setting;“
"Participants;"
"Data Collection;“
"Main Outcome;“
"Analytic Method."
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Cut and Paste is presentation of
complex tables
• Typically, cut and paste tables
and figures.
Since you'll have already
distributed hardcopies of the
article, don't worry too much
about reformatting tables for
readability on the screen
Just point to the sections of
interest and let the audience
flip through their hardcopies to
read the data directly.
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Must come to some conclusions at the end of
presentation
Conclude by Managing Presentation
•Conclusions/ Implications
(1 slide)
• Strengths
(1 slide)
• Weaknesses
(1 slide)
• Discussion Points
(1 slide)
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Our success will increase
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Encourage more people view
your presentation
•eg, encourage more
attendance, hold
more than one
session, programs
can be uploaded in
internet the session
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Encourage people for participation
•Several factors are key in promoting a
successful journal club, including
promoting interest, attendance, and
involvement. Having a session leader to
start and facilitate discussion can help to
ensure that the journal club meetings are
productive.
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Trouble Shooting
A number of tricks
seemed to help.
Answering
individuals’ own
questions is central
to both education
and motivation.
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Too many Ideas and suggestion cause
confusion and Dangerous
• But make sure in your early
sessions that you have a
“planted” scenario or
question in your group
• Make the matters simple
• Make matters interesting
• Too many suggestions the
participants will be
confused .
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Encourage greater participation
from many experts
• Early on, people seem
keen to come up with
questions focused on the
rare, unusual, and
wonderful diagnoses
they have bumped into
rather than questions
about their everyday
practice
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Make your Program
Interesting
• Rule of thumb Oral 10%
Visual 35% Oral & 65%
Visual Source: Najjar, LJ
(1998) Principles of
educational multimedia
user interface design
• Use combinations of text
and images which are
memorable.”
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Conclude the Session with
•Finally, it’s useful to end by asking
everyone for their clinical “bottom line.”
You might even want to follow this up with
group decisions on actions needed to
implement the evidence (eg, put up a
flowchart or buy the needed equipment)
and possible monitoring items
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A successful
Presentation fulfils
•Does the
discussion
accurately
interpret results,
specifically in the
context of existing
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MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
IS THE TIME WORTH ATTENING
JOURNAL CLUB
• Finally, did you and the
group, learn some
information and/or skills
from the time spent on
reviewing the article? That
is, of course, the most
important measure of
learning: getting the most
out of your time and
efforts!
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Feed back is essential to
know what the people except
from us• Evaluate the journal club
(eg, at the end of the
session, gather feedback
from participants).
Determine how the next
journal club meeting
could be made more
beneficial,
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Never Forget Your Feed Back is
Important for the Development of
Academics
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References
• Quick Guide to Clinical Epidemiology and Critical Appraisal Osler
Journal Club
• Web resources on Changing trends in Medical Education
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Our Presentations should Ignite many Younger
Minds
My Presentation is just to look further
Knowledge
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• Program File Created by Dr.T.V.Rao MD for
Medical Professionals globally to make the
matters interesting in presentation of Journal
Club Articles
• Email
• doctortvrao@gmail.com
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