about history and origin of journal club

1. JOURNALCLUB 2021

2. INTRODUCTION TO
JOURNAL CLUB
Lt Col(Dr) Ajee K L

3. JOURNAL CLUB
A journal club is a group of
individuals who meet regularly to
critically evaluate recent articles in
the academic literature

4. JOURNAL CLUB
HISTORY –
 Mid-19th century
 Sir James Paget, a British surgeon, describes a
group at St. Bartholomew‘
Hospital in London as "a kind of club”
 A small room over a baker's shop near the
Hospital-gate to sit and read the journals

5. HISTORY
Sir William Osler established the
first formalized journal club
at McGill University in Montreal in
1875.
First recorded Journal Club

6. PURPOSE
 Review research articles
 Keep abreast with new knowledge
 Understand research process
 Critical analysis

7. PURPOSE
 Discuss study implications
 Research appraisal
 Encourage research utilization
 Advocate evidence based nursing

8. HOW TO BEGIN
 Distribute / post copies of article
 Fix meeting time & location
 Facilitator / moderator
 Hold the journal club
 Evaluate
 Can have a cup of tea

9. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH
CRITIQUING
 Study description
 Research question
 Objectives
 Hypothesis
 Purpose
 Significance
 Review of literature
 Sampling
 Method & design
 Results
 Clinical application