• Mark F Olaf and Chadd K Kraus.
• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: mfolaf@geisinger.edu.
• J Emerg Med. 2021 Nov 1; 61 (5): 596-601.

BackgroundThe journal club is a long-standing pillar of medical education and medical practice, although its components and format are quite variable. In addition, selecting literature for discussion must strike a delicate balance between reviewing seminal and durable articles with that of emerging evidence, all while complementing a residency curriculum. Although the critical appraisal of literature is a fundamental skill of the practicing physician, a universal curriculum has not yet been optimized to facilitate journal club.ObjectiveWe sought to design and implement a comprehensive, complementary, and evidence-based journal club curriculum that was modular in design, reproducible, and effective at generating participation.MethodsOur novel curricular design incorporates many evidence-based components, including optimizing the learning environment, providing ease of access to resources, and using educational methodology that immerses learners in the experience in a structured manner. In addition, the curriculum complements, but does not duplicate, the core residency curriculum. In 2020, we analyzed our data, using descriptive and comparative statistical methods.ResultsWe demonstrated significant improvement in common metrics used to analyze the efficacy of the journal club, including attendance and participation. Significant improvements were seen in both resident and attending participation.ConclusionsOur design methods used resources easily available to our residency program and commonly available to others, with minimal time and resource cost. Further study is required to measure long-term educational outcomes.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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