A moderated journal club is more effective than an internet journal club in teaching critical appraisal skills: Results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-776

  McLeod, Robin S ^a,b,c   MacRae, Helen M ^a,b   McKenzie, Margaret E ^a   Victor, J Charles ^c   Brasel, Karen J ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL APPRAISAL SKILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; LEARNING; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 78649495555     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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