Efficacy of Medical Student Surgery Journal Club

Berman, Daniel; Braig, Zachary; Simms, Brian; Anderson, Taylor; Dougherty, Kristen; Marcinkowski, Katrina; Seaman, Rachel D.

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.06.006

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“…The strengthening of current research training by incorporating research skills in clinical rotations towards evidence-based practice was a common recommendation. Involving students in journal clubs and academic research project discussions would also cultivate a research culture and convey the importance of these skills in their careers [49,50].…”

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We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

Turner

Ryan²,

Wolvaardt³

2022

PLoS ONE

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The achievement of global and national health goals requires a health workforce that is sufficient and trained. Despite considerable steps in medical education, the teaching of management, health economics and research skills for medical doctors are often neglected in medical curricula. This study explored the opinions and experiences of medical doctors and academic educationalists on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum. A qualitative study was undertaken at four medical schools in Southern Africa (February to April 2021). The study population was medical doctors and academic educationalists. Semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled participants were conducted. All interviews were recorded and professionally transcribed. Constructivist grounded theory guided the analysis with the use of ATLAS.ti version 9.1.7.0 software. In total, 21 academic educationalists and 28 medical doctors were interviewed. In the first theme We know, participants acknowledged the constraints of medical schools but were adamant that management needed to be taught intentionally and explicitly. The teaching and assessment of management and health economics was generally reported to be ad hoc and unstructured. There was a desire that graduates are able to use, but not necessarily do research. In comparison to management and research, support for the inclusion of health economics in the curriculum was insignificant. Under We hope, educationalists hoped that the formal clinical teaching will somehow instil values and best practices of management and that medical doctors would become health advocates. Most participants wished that research training could be optimised, especially in relation to the duration of allocated time; the timing in the curriculum and the learning outcomes. Despite acknowledgement that management and research are topics that need to be taught, educationalists appeared to rely on chance to teach and assess management in particular. These qualitative study findings will be used to develop a discrete choice experiment to inform optimal curricula design.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

Turner

Ryan²,

Wolvaardt³

2022

PLoS ONE

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“… JC as a cognitive tool to improve critical thinking [ 12 ], [ 18 ], [ 19 ], [ 20 ], [ 21 ] and evidence-based skills [ 22 ], [ 23 ], [ 24 ], [ 25 ], [ 26 ], [ 27 ]; strategies to improve the effectiveness of JC [ 28 ], [ 29 ], [ 30 ], [ 31 ], [ 32 ]; and new approaches to carry out JC [ 8 ], [ 33 ], [ 34 ], [ 35 ], [ 36 ], [ 37 ], [ 38 ]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…JC as a cognitive tool to improve critical thinking [ 12 ], [ 18 ], [ 19 ], [ 20 ], [ 21 ] and evidence-based skills [ 22 ], [ 23 ], [ 24 ], [ 25 ], [ 26 ], [ 27 ];…”

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Perception of journal club seminars by medical doctoral students: results from five years of evaluation

Taverna

Bucher

Weniger

et al. 2022

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Objectives: A journal club is one of the well-established and popular methods of post-graduate education. In this work, we were interested to understand how the participants perceive journal club as a whole and how they evaluate their personal process of acquiring new scientific knowledge and development of soft-skills as an indispensable prerequisite of the lifelong learning. Project description: This study is a survey analysis examining perception of journal club sessions by post-graduate medical students. A checklist for journal club preparation as well as a questionnaire for evaluation of the journal club session by participants has been developed to determine if the journal club had met its aims. Data were collected by summing up all answers to each question of the questionnaire for each session. Qualitative data from a five-year evaluation period were compiled and analyzed. Results: The journal club checklist served as a guideline for the preparation of a journal club session as well as an evaluation questionnaire containing 24 items. Our work presents evidence that journal club seminars are well perceived by participants. Furthermore, a high percentage of participants deemed the working atmosphere to be constructive and found it worthwhile to participate in the sessions. The topics of the presentations have been positively evaluated, however only a minority of participants found that the topics of the journal club was related to their own specific research topic. Concerning the distribution of the journal article, we could show that distributing the paper one week before the journal club event provided sufficient time for preparation. Our evaluation revealed that two-thirds of the participants found discussions during journal club sessions rich and productive. The motivation to think more critically increased during journal club sessions. From our work, it is evident that the participants perceived the speakers´ soft-skills to have improved with the practice. Finally, we show a clear trend of improved perception of the value of journal club sessions from beginning to the end of the evaluation time. Conclusion: Based on the analyzed evaluations, we can conclude that journal club events are highly valued by participants and could be a good option for the development of certain soft-skills.

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“…Whilst the effects of local or specialty-specific journal clubs have been studied,17,19 research on national journal clubs targeted specifically at medical students is limited 21. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a national journal club session could improve UK medical students’ confidence with, and understanding of, the critical appraisal process.…”

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<p>Impact of a National Journal Club and Letter Writing Session on Improving Medical Students’ Confidence with Critical Appraisal</p>

Gokani¹,

Sharma²,

Sharma³

et al. 2019

AMEP

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BackgroundCritical appraisal is an important skill for clinicians of the future which medical students often have limited opportunities to develop. This study aimed to evaluate whether a national journal club session could improve medical students’ confidence with critical appraisal.Methods98 medical students attended a critical appraisal lecture and supervised journal article discussions. Junior doctor mentors supported students to submit discussion points as a letter-to-the-editor. An online cross-sectional survey was administered before and after the conference.Results74 students responded, reporting increased confidence with critically appraising research articles (median score 2 vs 4, p<0.01) and increased understanding of why critical appraisal was important to their careers (median score 3 vs 5, p<0.01).DiscussionThis is the first study to demonstrate that a single national journal club session can significantly improve UK medical students’ confidence with the critical appraisal process. These opportunities are valued by medical students.

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Efficacy of Medical Student Surgery Journal Club

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

We know but we hope: A qualitative study of the opinions and experiences on the inclusion of management, health economics and research in the medical curriculum

Perception of journal club seminars by medical doctoral students: results from five years of evaluation

<p>Impact of a National Journal Club and Letter Writing Session on Improving Medical Students’ Confidence with Critical Appraisal</p>

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