Abstract
Objective
Literature about journal clubs in postgraduate psychiatry programs is scarce, and there is no reference to residents’ preferences.
Methods
Residents were asked to respond to a survey about their general satisfaction with the current journal club format and paper preferences, according to subject, scope, and type.
Results
Residents’ general satisfaction was high. Residents preferred clinically relevant meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials about mood and psychotic disorders, neuroscience, and biological therapies.
Conclusion
There is a trend to prefer articles related to biological aspects of psychiatry, centered in evidence-based medicine methodology. An effort should be made to broaden the scope of selection of papers, incorporating, for instance, humanistic views, psychotherapy, and other methodologies.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Roffman JL, Simon AB, Prasad KM, et al: Neuroscience in psychiatry training: how much do residents need to know? Am J Psychiatry 2006; 163: 919–926
Linzer M: The journal club and medical education: over one hundred years of unrecorded history. Postgrad Med J 1987; 63: 475–478
Taylor P, Warner J: National surveys of training needs for evidence-based practices. Psychiatr Bull 2000; 24: 272–273
Swift G: How to make journal clubs interesting. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 2004; 10: 67–72
Swift G, Crotty F, Moran M, et al: Inviting a statistician to join an evidence-based journal club. Psychiatr Bull 2001; 25: 397–399
Vicente B, Kohn R, Rioseco P, et al: Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders in the Chile psychiatric prevalence study. Am J Psychiatry 2006; 163: 1362–1370
Levine R, Fink M: The case against evidence-based principles in psychiatry. Med Hypotheses 2006; 67: 401–410
Fonagy P: The future of an empirical psychoanalysis. Br J Psychotherapy 2007; 13: 106–118
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
At the time of submission, the authors declared no competing interests.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Figueroa, R.A., Valdivieso, S., Turpaud, M. et al. Journal Club Experience in a Postgraduate Psychiatry Program in Chile. Acad Psychiatry 33, 407–409 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.407
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.33.5.407