The Evolution of the Journal Club: From Osler to Twitter

Abstract

Research and Development Service. SH receives research salary support from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. There was no specific funding available for this project or this manuscript. Disclosures:None of the authors have any relevant competing interests to declare Acknowledgements:We would like to thank the other members of the NephJC team, Graham Abra, Suzanne

An open invitation to join HILJ [Journal] Club

“…The approach anticipated for HILJ Club follows that of journal clubs for approaching 200 years (Topf et al, ): Select an article for participants to read One person presents the article An open discussion follows …”

“…Given our desire for HILJ Club to be as open to participation as possible and the distributed nature of the readership, an online base is logical. A Twitter chat format was considered as one widely adopted by other professional groups (Chan et al, ; Topf et al, ), and health library workers were known to be active on this platform. However with a number of Twitter chats already in evidence (#ukmedlibs, #uklibchat, etc), we thought we had an opportunity to try something different (CILIP, ).…”

“…Having got HILJ Club off the ground what is now required is the growth of engagement from you, the reader. Indeed, examining the history of journal club activity it is clear that an engaged rather than passive audience is vital to their success (Topf et al, ). While intellectual curiosity is a good place to start, there are other motivators to ensure time spent engaging with the research base is time well spent.…”

New landscapes: Thinking beyond community in the conceptualisation of online medical education

“…A notable example of social media education comes in the form of virtual journal clubs . This modern twist on a historical medical tradition has become highly popular in almost all medical specialties from radiology to obstetrics to nephrology.…”

Journal Clubs: 2. Why and how to run them and how to publish them

“…Table 1 lists a selection of other journals that publish journal club articles, showing the wide range of topics covered. Modern methods of conducting journal clubs include the use of online media to encourage interactive discussion,1 including blogs,2 twitter,3 and virtual journal clubs 4…”