Abstract:
The Journal clubs are used as a standard teaching tool for the post graduates.
They help the post graduates to learn the critical appraisal skills, recent
trends in the field of medicine which in turn will have an impact on
improving the quality of health care delivery. By doing literature review, the
purpose of this article was to suggest criteria to be followed to carry out
effective journal clubs as it is a part of academic activity of postgraduate
teaching curriculum. Recent systematic reviews, looking at the effectiveness
of journal clubs have reported increased confidence in critical appraisal
skills, improvements in reading behaviour and the ability to use the findings
in clinical practice. Overall journal clubs improve educational outcomes and
enhance lifelong learning.
