title: Implementing a successful journal club in an anesthesiology residency program.
abstract: Journal clubs are an integral element of residency training. We report the successful implementation of a monthly structured journal club in our anesthesia residency program. Based on resident surveys before and one year after its start, the journal club led to a significantly higher confidence in how to critically appraise literature and present a manuscript. The journal club also improved the residents' ability to search the literature and their statistical knowledge, skills that are essential in the practice of evidence-based medicine. We describe key features that may aid other training programs in organizing a stimulating an educational and sustainable journal club.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Pitner
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Chris A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA ; Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA ; Clement J Zablocki, V A Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Matthias L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Riess