Tips for enriching the Journal Club

1. Critical Appraisal: SIX Shortcuts to Enriching
your Journal Club
 Check for an “Editorial Comment” (usually present in
the same journal issue where the article was published).
 Check for any “Letters to the Editor” relevant to the
article of your choice in PubMed.
 Check whether an appraisal of the article has been
published in one of the ACP Journal Club issues
(https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/journals-
publications/acp-journal-club).

2. Critical Appraisal: Shortcuts to Enriching your
Journal Club
 Check whether an appraisal of the article has been
published in the wiki Journal Club
(https://www.wikijournalclub.org/wiki/Main_Page).
 Check whether an appraisal of the article has been
published in:
 Google.
 Pubmed
 On-line websites e.g. Slide Share
 Use keywords from the article title plus appraisal or
journal club in your search terms.