International review of psychiatry
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The journal club offers a model for lifelong learning and maintenance of certification (MOC) for residents and faculty staff. First, it sharpens participants' critical appraisal skills by providing a space to discuss relevant medical literature. Second, it motivates participants to seek new medical literature on their own using technology. ⋯ In most academic settings category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credits can be awarded so journal club can have the added benefit of satisfying maintenance of certification CME credits. From journal club both residents and faculty can learn what is new and learn to apply this new information in their practice. Finally, because technology creates an overabundance of relevant medical literature, participants using our model can develop strong critical appraisal skills and methods for organizing the information they find that make this information readily available for future use and retrieval.
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I have been actively learning and teaching psychiatry since starting residency in 1966. Over the decades my educational endeavours have been guided by a fairly consistent set of operating principles. ⋯ Readers may wish to try out some of these ideas. They have worked for me, and they may work for others as well.