Journal club: An Important Teaching-Learning Activity

Interactive Journal Club: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

The interactive journal club incorporates basic principles of active and adult learning in a traditional education tool to maximize opportunity to develop critical thinking, communication skills, active reflection, and personal confidence in these skills. Following the choice of an appropriate article, the Designated Leader (DL) directs the discussion by presenting the title and data from the a...

The Flipped Journal Club

Introduction Educators struggle to develop a journal club format that promotes active participation from all levels of trainees. The explosion of social media compels residencies to incorporate the evaluation and application of these resources into evidence-based practice. We sought to design an innovative "flipped journal club" to achieve greater effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives a...

Pulmonary Pathology Journal Club

Pulmonary Pathology Journal Club

I. Original Research Studies for Discussion Page 1 Cool CD et al. Fibroblastic foci are not discrete sites of lung injury or repair. The fibroblast reticulum. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:654-658. Page 2 Kelly MM et al. Cell-specific gene expression in patients with usual interstitial pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:557-565. Page 3 Lu BS et al. Sequential gene expression pro...

Journal Club for Nurses

Methods The nurse’s competencies and knowledge about using literature based on research, was examined through an anonymous questionnaire. The purpose was to identify the nurse’s competencies and knowledge about evidence-based medicine and evidence-based nursing. A steering committee with representatives from the department’s leadership and the clinical specialist has been collected. They choose...