Early experience of a virtual journal club

Abstract

This novel VJC model is a feasible and popular method of delivering a journal club in the postgraduate setting.

Journal Club in Residency Education: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors

“… 23 , 52 , 56 This curated commentary may also be submitted and published as an article commentary or letter to the editor. 67 Disadvantages of Twitter include character limits and lack of an underlying organizational structure, making delayed asynchronous engagement more challenging. 52 , 54 , 64 Furthermore, many educators and learners do not use Twitter as consumers, or feel comfortable engaging in Twitter conversations as participants.…”

“…One study of general surgery residents found that an online journal club using a combination of email, Facebook, and Twitter was very well received by learners, noting that it was easy to participate in, helpful in keeping up with the latest literature, and valuable for developing critical appraisal skills. 67 Learners found it significantly preferable to traditional journal club, and the authors noted that the online journal club led to the successful publication of eight article commentaries. 67 Similar data were found by several other authors, noting improved learner satisfaction; 25 , 57 , 61 however, more data are needed on higher level learning outcomes.…”

JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education: Analysis of a Multimodal Online Discussion About Team-Based Learning

“…11 Some virtual journal clubs have presented no analytic data, focusing their discussion on the content of the online discourse. 22 In studies presenting analytics, page views of published online journal clubs have ranged from 370 in a month 23 to 1324 in 2 weeks. 10 Analytics at their best are an inadequate and variable proxy for impact.…”

“…Aggregate Analytic Data for the First 14 Days of JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education Discussion Using Various Social Media Platforms (January[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] 2016) …”

Teaching and technology

“…We regularly publish articles describing new technologies. In this issue, for example, you can read about iPads being provided to third‐year medical students for use during clinical rotations, a virtual journal club using e–mail and social media, and smartphones being used as laparoscopic trainers …”