Virtual journal clubs (VJCs) provide a standardized, easily accessible forum for evidence-
based discussion. The new virtual reality setting in which journal clubs and other online …

Journal clubs are an important tool for critically appraising articles and keeping up-to-date
with the current literature. This paper provides a critical review of the literature on the design …

With this issue of Annals of Family Medicine, we launch a new feature to help readers build
learning communities to improve health through enhanced understanding of primary care …

BACKGROUND: Elements of evidence based practice (EBP) are well described in the
literature and achievement of EBP is frequently being cited as an organisational goal …

Objective Since its inception, journal club has been a cornerstone to the life-long process of
medical education. The virtual journal club (VJC), initiated as a robust solution to many …

Methods Each journal club is focused on a specific clinical question based on a landmark
article, a background article, and a podcast or blog post. With the “flipped” model, residents …

Background Journal clubs are an internationally recognized teaching tool in many
postgraduate medical education fields. In developing countries lack of funds for current print …

Background A time-honored strategy for keeping up to date in medicine and improving
critical appraisal skills is the Journal Club (JC). There are several reports of its use in …

PURPOSE: To describe the use of the journal club as a tool to teach and assess
competency in practice-based learning (PBL) and improvement among residents in …

Background In response to the growing interest in global surgery among trainees,
international surgical rotation (ISR) was approved as a formal elective of resident curriculum …