Bhagyalakshmi A1, K. V. Leela2, Sankara Narayana T3, Kasi Babu A4
BACKGROUND
Journal club is an example of small group method of teaching-learning technique, being an important ingredient in medical education. Journal club has been advocated as a bridge between research and evidence based medical care in practice. It has been recognized as a means of keeping update with the literature; promoting the research activities; promoting evidence based medical care and teaching critical appraisal skills.
METHODOLOGY
This study assess the role of journal club as a teaching-learning tool by recording the perception of post graduates on journal club through a questionnaire based survey.
RESULTS
The scores for most of the items of fifteen point questionnaire were above three indicating that learning through journal club method is satisfactory.
DISCUSSION
The use of journal club should help the post graduate students see the connections between theory, research and practice aspects. The value of journal club is that it can promote better understanding of research process and improved ability to critically appraise research.
CONCLUSION
Many of the post graduate medical students perceived that journal club enhances the skills, promote evidence based medical care and update the knowledge on recent advances and felt that journal club must be scheduled regularly as a part of teaching-learning method in post graduate curriculum.
