EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF JOURNAL CLUB AS A TEACHING-LEARNING TOOL AMONG MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3

Abstract

BACKGROUND Journal club is an example of small group method of teaching-learning technique, being an important ingredient in medical education. Journal club has been advocated as a bridge between research and evidence based medical care in practice. It has been recognized as a means of keeping update with the literature; promoting the research activities; promoting evidence based medical care and teaching critical appraisal skills. METHODOLOGY This study assess the role of journal club as a teaching-learning tool by recording the perception of post graduates on journal club through a questionnaire based survey. RESULTS The scores for most of the items of fifteen point questionnaire were above three indicating that learning through journal club method is satisfactory. DISCUSSION The use of journal club should help the post graduate students see the connections between theory, research and practice aspects. The value of journal club is that it can promote better understanding of research process and improved ability to critically appraise research. CONCLUSION Many of the post graduate medical students perceived that journal club enhances the skills, promote evidence based medical care and update the knowledge on recent advances and felt that journal club must be scheduled regularly as a part of teachinglearning method in post graduate curriculum.

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Bhagyalakshmi A, Leela K. V. , Sankara Narayana T, Kasi Babu A

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  • EP ID EP231746
  • DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2016/23
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Bhagyalakshmi A, Leela K. V. , Sankara Narayana T, Kasi Babu A (2016). EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF JOURNAL CLUB AS A TEACHING-LEARNING TOOL AMONG MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 3(3), 108-111. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-231746