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Oedipus to Jack the Ripper

The Alternative Journal Club

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gillian Combe ,
Sara Cunningham  and
Anne Read
Gillian Combe
Affiliation:
Barrow Hospital, Barrow Gurney, Bristol BS48 3SG
Sara Cunningham*
Affiliation:
Glenbourne Unit, Morlaix Drive, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 5AF
Anne Read
Affiliation:
Damerel House, Damerel Close, Maddon Road, Devonport PL1 4JZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Since the first journal clubs were started this educational tool has been used by the medical profession with varying degrees of success (Linzer, 1987). Journal clubs allow trainees to review a piece of published research and discuss it with senior colleagues. They are frequently plagued by poor attendance and perceived as less than exciting, and at worst frankly boring. The enormous choice of journals compared with 100 years ago and the diversity of the media available mean that journal clubs should look towards developing in their format. Various methods have been tried to improve attendance, perceived relevance and enjoyment, such as evidence-based medicine reviews (Gilbody, 1996), teaching critical appraisal skills, and using structured review methods (Burstein et al, 1996). Sidorov (1995) surveyed 131 postgraduate programmes in the eastern USA and found the following features were associated with high attendance and continuous existence of journal clubs: smaller residency programmes, making attendance mandatory, providing food and promoting original research articles.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 8: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , August 1999 , pp. 497 - 499
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