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

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Effectiveness attributes and associated factors of journal clubs and their presence in CMR-JC conducted at a private university in Karachi Pakistan from 15 Sept 1999 –15 Sept 2005

Effectiveness attribute	Presence in CMR-JC
>2 years of existence without periodic abandonment	+
>50% attendance of the expected audience	+
Associated factors of effectiveness
Explicit written learning objectives	+
Mandatory attendance	+
Designated club leader	+
Formal teaching of critical appraisal skills	+
Independence from faculty journal club	+
Regular attendance by faculty*	±
Support by program director	+
Smaller residency program	+
Use of adult learning principles	+
Provision of food	+
Use of a structured checklist for article review	-

*The residency program faculty attendance was regular but other departmental faculty attendance was not regular

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