Journal club experience in a postgraduate psychiatry program in Chile.
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Figueroa
Rodrigo A
RA
Department of Psychiatry at Pontificia Universidad Catôlica de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
Valdivieso
Sergio
S
Turpaud
María
M
Cortes
Paulina
P
Barros
Jorge
J
Castaño
Catalina
C
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002677:Chile; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*