Impact of a Medical Journal Club on House-Staff Reading Habits, Knowledge, and Critical Appraisal Skills: A Randomized Control Trial

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 17, 1988, Pages 2537-2541

  Linzer, Mark ^a   Brown, J Trig ^a   Frazier, Linda M ^a   Delong, Elizabeth R ^b   Siegel, William C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMETRY; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERIODICALS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEACHING;

EID: 0023771592     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410170085039     Document Type: Article

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