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Chapter 9 - Running Journal Clubs in Psychiatry

from Section 2 - Teaching Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2022

By
Geraldine Swift  and
Joshua Bellevue de Sylva
Edited by
Sarah Huline-Dickens  and
Patricia Casey
Sarah Huline-Dickens
Affiliation:
Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth
Patricia Casey
Affiliation:
Hermitage Medical Clinic, Dublin
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Summary

‘Job plans must include dedicated time for academic and educational activities such as attending journal clubs’, declare the eligibility criteria for the Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) examinations (Royal College of Psychiatrists 2021, p. 12). Journal clubs also meet the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) for UK consultant and staff grade and associate specialist (SAS) psychiatrists as defined in College guidelines (Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015). Since the critical review paper was introduced into the MRCPsych examinations in 1999, journal clubs have been seen as one of the main opportunities to teach these skills in psychiatry, and the curriculum for core training in psychiatry requires trainees to present a journal club annually. However, Glasziou’s complaint that ‘Many journal clubs are boring because the articles are quickly trashed as poor research and nothing changes’ (Glasziou 2007) is not uncommon. Can journal clubs promote understanding and practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) principles?

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Clinical Topics in Teaching Psychiatry
A Guide for Clinicians
 , pp. 103 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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