Week 2 – Discussion points: Prevention Paradox
We’ve come up with an outline for how we think this evening’s discussion should be structured, based on the following points: What does this paper tell us? How relevant is this paper today? Should our...
View ArticleWeek 3 – Discussion points: CRASH-2
CRASH-2 is an extremely interesting paper and I have to admit I have found it hard to narrow down the discussion points for this week’s journal club. A huge amount of credit has to be given to...
View ArticleWeek 4 – Introduction and Discussion points: Medical schools and Performance...
Thank you Fi for asking me to write an introduction and suggest some discussion points for tonight’s Twitter journal club. Having a special interest in medical education I was very happy to see this...
View ArticleWeek 5 – Discussion points: Safer Surgery Checklist
The NEJM paper published in 2009 has had an impact worldwide with the introduction of surgical checklists in over 3000 hospitals. This paper highlighted an important patient safety issue and aimed to...
View ArticleWeek 6 – Discussion points: Beta-Blockers and COPD
The discussion points for this week are as follows: 1. This paper is a retrospective cohort study – what is the place of observational studies in influencing or changing clinical practice? 2. Endpoints...
View ArticleWeek 7 – Discussion points: Benefits of PCI in Stable Coronary Heart Disease
The points for this evening are as follows: Does the single-centre design mean that there are too few physicians being surveyed? Does it limit the range of viewpoints and practices that are examined?...
View ArticleWeek 8 – Discussion points: FEAST
1. Was the inclusion group in this trial too wide, especially in regards to ages (from a 60 day old baby to a 12 year old child)? 2. An editorial in the Archives of Disease of Childhood criticised the...
View ArticleWeek 10 – Discussion Points: Early Palliative Care in Patients with...
1. The paper does not mention what was involved in early palliative care. Does this detract from the beneficial effect shown? How does it affect if we can apply the results to clinical practice in...
View ArticleWeek 11 – Discussion points: Role of Media Reports in Suicide
1. This study uses an unorthodox set of methods to arrive at its conclusions. Is the methodology sound enough to give us adequately robust results? 2. This study is limited to one country; how...
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