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Medical Education Journal Club for the Millennial Resident: An Interactive, No-Prep Approach.

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Title: Medical Education Journal Club for the Millennial Resident: An Interactive, No-Prep Approach.
Authors: Dzara K; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: kdzara@mgh.harvard.edu., Frey-Vogel AS; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Source: Academic pediatrics [Acad Pediatr] 2019 Aug; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 603-607. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 May 14.
Abstract: Objective: The traditional journal club (JC) format of reviewing an article followed by group discussion may be misaligned with millennial learners' needs and may not rely on best principles of adult learning. Our objective was to deliver an interactive JC allowing pediatric residents to critically engage with medical education research without previous preparation.
Methods: We conducted 4 one-hour "interactive, no-prep" medical education JCs for pediatric residents in a medium-sized program in 2018. Without previous reading, participants developed methods to answer the study question, compared that with actual methods, analyzed the results, and extrapolated the findings. We developed a simple, anonymous evaluation tool to determine perceived educational impact, analyzed using mixed methods.
Results: A total of 52 of 59 participants (88% response rate) indicated on a 7-point scale that the JC helped them think about how to analyze a paper (mean = 5.32), use a paper to inform further study questions (mean = 5.42), and understand medical education research (mean = 6.00). Four qualitative themes indicated that, although improvement was possible, it provided a strong interactive learning experience.
Conclusions: Our JC approach using active learning principles and requiring no advance preparation is proof of concept that faculty's objectives to teach critical literature evaluation and millennial needs for engagement can be simultaneously met.
(Copyright © 2019 Academic Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Publication Type: Journal Article
Language: English
Journal Info: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101499145 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1876-2867 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18762859 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acad Pediatr Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: New York : Elsevier
MeSH Terms: Journalism, Medical*, Education, Medical, Graduate/*methods , Internship and Residency/*methods , Problem-Based Learning/*methods, Attitude of Health Personnel ; Humans ; Pediatrics ; Physicians/psychology
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: active learning; graduate medical education; journal club; medical education; millennial learners
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20190518 Date Completed: 20201001 Latest Revision: 20201001
Update Code: 20240104
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.05.004
PMID: 31100347
ISSN: 1876-2867
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.05.004
Database: MEDLINE
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