Critically Appraising a Journal ArticleWhat is a Journal Club?An educational meeting in which a group of individuals read, evaluate and discuss current articles from the biomedical literature A collective forum to provide a venue to keep up with the literature One of the most efective means by which students and professionals keep up with current biomedical literature vidence based practice in actionWhat is a Journal Club?Classic learning and information sharing format !ocused on current literature "Just#in#time$ delivery Critically appraised information with commentary and discussion for applicability and relevanceWhat is a Journal Club?%he earliest reference to a &ournal club is found in a book of memoirs and letters by the late 'ir James (aget, a )ritish surgeon and one of the founders of modern pathology* +e describes a group at 't* )artholomew,s +ospital in -ondon in the mid#./00s with ,a kind of club *** a small room over a baker,s shop near the +ospital#gate where we could sit and read the &ournals*1(aget '2 3emoirs and -etter of 'ir James (aget* -ondon2 -ong#mans, 4reen, and Co*, .50.267What is a Journal Club?8t is believed that 'ir William Osler established the 9rst formal &ournal club at 3c4ill :niversity in 3ontreal in ./;?26;* What do 8 do with this information?8s this study of signi9cant enough @uality in method to change my practice one way or the other?-ook at the commentary and discussion that has been provided by the authorBs in the &ournal article*Commentary and GiscussionAfter you have appraised the commentaryBdiscussion part of the article, your Journal Club will end with the &ournal club participants engaging in commentary and discussion about the article*8t is also helpful to look for any accompanying editorial commentary, which can provide a uni@ue perspective on the article and highlight controversial issues*-ook up your article and see if there are any comments aMliated with your article*Where to 9nd Commentary(ub3edhttp2BBwww*ncbi*nlm*nih*govBpubmedB?otoolPmusmlib4oogle 'cholarhttp2BBscholar*google*com*medlib#proHy*mercer*eduBAC( Journal Clubhttp2BBannals*org*medlib#proHy*mercer*eduB&ournalclub*aspHCochrane Journal Clubhttp2BBwww*cochrane&ournalclub*com*medlib#proHy*mercer*eduB vidence )ased 3edicinehttp2BBebm*bm&*com*medlib#proHy*mercer*eduB