Yang Li, Bruno M Tesson, Gary A Churchill, Ritsert C Jansen
Critical reasoning on causal inference in genome-wide linkage and association studies
Trends in genetics : TIG
journal clubs play important role education orthopaedic surgery residents however sparse data available characteristics make journal clubs effective primary goal study determine characteristics effective journal clubs identified orthopaedic residents faculty sought compare opinions residents faculty order identify areas may benefit future research discussion orthopaedic surgery residents faculty residency programs around country surveyed anonymously survey designed determine contribution various journal club characteristics effectiveness journal club nonparametric statistics used test goodnessoffit compare responses faculty residents total 204 individuals participated important goals journal clubs teaching skillset evaluating scientific papers 20 12 mean rank standard deviation scale 6 1 important encouraging participants read current orthopaedic literature 24 11 instilling careerlong habits reading orthopaedic literature among residents 31 13 mandatory attendance 718 monthly journal clubs 809 resident presentation articles 867 discussion 3 5 papers 787 thought lead effective clubs clinically relevant articles published within last year 638 classic articles influenced practice 681 preferred participation attendance 24 15 paper selection 26 15 important characteristics overall orthopaedics journal clubs fulfill role encouraging reading literature well educating residents faculty many possible club formats clearly felt effective particular attention paid attendance participation paper selection