title: An evidence-based journal club for dental residents in a GPR program.
abstract: The journal club offers a significant opportunity to serve as both an educational experience but also as a real-world example of the application of the principles and practices of evidence-based dentistry (EBD). Designed around the American Dental Association's recommended four steps in the implementation of the EBD process, the journal clubs are held once per month for GPR residents. The structured process allows residents to formulate answerable clinical questions, track down with maximum efficiency the best evidence with which to answer the questions, critically appraise the evidence for its validity and usefulness, and apply the results of this appraisal in clinical practice as appropriate.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, USA. GrantW@upstate.edu
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D018865:Dental Research; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D009626:Terminology as Topic