Educating medical students: introducing a journal club.

Abstract

Journal clubs are considered by many to be an integral part of postgraduate medical education. They improve medical professionals’ ability to effectively critique papers, and in doing so allow best evidencebased practice to be adhered to; 1 however, there is limited evidence to suggest that journal clubs have a role within undergraduate medical training, even though 90 per cent of postgraduate residencies have a journal club. 1