I ran a workshop on Thursday 8 September 2011, at the General Practice Education and Training (GPET) 2011 Convention on Evidence-based journal clubs for professional development. The presentation can be viewed online (through prezi.com). A warm thank you to Dr Sjoerd Bruggink for allowing me to use his study published in 2010 for a critical appraisal group exercise.
Abstract
Background
Medical educators at GP Synergy commenced a monthly evidence-based journal club as professional development activity in March 2011. Its goal was twofold: (i) to assist medical educators become aware of findings in the literature for both clinical medicine and medical education, and (ii) to have greater familiarity with the practice of evidence-based healthcare and to improve skills in critical evaluation of research.
Learning objectives
- learn how to facilitate an evidence-based journal club
- describe possible journal club formats
- able to briefly present and critically appraise a research paper
- develop journal clubs as an educational activity
Structure
- Lecture based workshop with audience interaction/discussion, and questions and answers
- Workshop targeted at medical educators
- Total duration approximately 1 hour
- Handouts with references
- Some tools and resources for further reading available via web address in handouts
Content
- Material on conducting evidence-based journal clubs from the literature.
- Description and analysis of the GP Synergy journal club as a case example.
- Exploration of evidence-based journal clubs as a form of registrar training at the practice and RTP level.
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