Full Length Research Paper
Journal Club: A comparison
between two different styles of
educational management
Saeed Shoja Shafti
Abstract
Journal club’s program has
crucial role in medical
teaching. Purpose of the
present study was to compare
the impact of different
controlling method of
journal club on perspectives
of two distinct groups of
psychiatric residents. forty
two psychiatric residents
from two community
psychiatric training centers
have been asked in this
regard. Conferences of
journal club in the first
group (n=24) were usually
presented under the
observation of chief
residents, while the second
group (n=18) was being
managed mainly by a
qualified member of the
linked faculty. After at
least one year of attending
in correlated sessions of
journal club, all of the
aforesaid residents were
asked to reply incognito to
a Survey Questionnaire,
including 23 queries, in the
company of a series of
replies, in the frame of
different Coding Categories.
All of the residents
accomplished the
questionnaires. Significant
variance was palpable among
these two groups of
contributors regarding their
response to at least twelve
questions. Judgment of
residents were generally and
remarkably divergent as
regards : ‘goals’ , ‘format’
,’necessity of attendance’
,’quality of participation
of faculty’ , ‘educational
value of core curriculum of
journal club’, ‘its critical
role with regard to research
and appraisal of topics ‘,
and finally ‘as a resource
for continuous education’.
Systematic management of
journal club by proficient
and enthusiastic faculty
associate possibly will
generate more useful
intuition with respect to
such significant scholastic
program, and instructive
gratification may be greater
in clubs moderated by the
faculty.
Key words: Residency,
journal club, educational
program.
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