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Table 1 General characteristics of CMR-JC conducted at a private university in Karachi Pakistan from 15 Sept 1999 –15 Sept 2005

From: Do community medicine residency trainees learn through journal club? An experience from a developing country

Number of presentations annually

n(%)

   1999 (Sept–Dec only)

14 (6.4)

   2000

34 (15.5)

   2001

30 (13.7)

   2002

33 (15.1)

   2003

35 (16.0)

   2004

45 (20.6)

   2005 (till 15 Sept)

29 (13.3)

Type of work presented

 

   Articles

170 (77.9)

   Work-in-progress sessions

25 (11.4)

   Literature synthesis /protocol

7 (3.2)

   Placement presentations

5 (2.2)

   Training experiences

4 (1.8)

   Alumni presentations

4 (1.8)

   Faculty presentations

4 (1.8)

Number of presentations by topic area

 

   Communicable diseases

47 (21.5)

   Non-communicable diseases

19 (8.7)

   Health Systems/Management issues

32 (14.6)

   Reproductive Health/Demography

24 (11.0)

   Mental Health

16 (7.3)

   Environmental Occupational Health

15 (6.8)

   Injuries

10 (4.5)

   Nutrition

6 (2.7)

   Miscellaneous

50 (22.9)

  1. N = Total number of presentations = 218