The role of the journal club in surgical residency programs: a survey of APDS program directors

Teaching Evidence Based Medicine to Surgery Residents-Is Journal Club the Best Format? A Systematic Review of the Literature

“…[13][14][15][16] Surveys in various surgical specialties including general surgery, neurosurgery, and orthopedics have all reported high ratings of the educational value of journal clubs by both residents and program directors. [17][18][19][20] However, similar to EBM curricula discussed above, journal clubs in surgery are not generally standardized and there is variation in the format of journal clubs. Furthermore, the effectiveness of surgical journal clubs is less researched compared with other medical specialties (eg, internal medicine, emergency medicine).…”

Role of Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery in teaching critical appraisal skills and in journal clubs

“…These findings are similar to the results of surveys of program directors of various surgical programs across Canada and the United States. 18,19 Similarly, a recent systematic review of journal clubs done by our group found that monthly scheduled meetings, mandatory attendance, use of a critical appraisal training checklist and inclusion of methodological/ epidemiological articles were common features of journal clubs in surgical specialties. 20 The results of the present study show that journal clubs are valued highly by residents and that most (70%) use EBRS as part of their journal clubs either exclusively or in addition to other articles.…”

Current Approaches to Journal Club by General Surgery Programs Within the Southwestern Surgical Congress

“…Our data show that 20% of the programs held JC at a faculty member's home. Crank-Patton et al 8 cautioned that conducting JC at a faculty member's home may become a social event and detract from its educational purpose.…”