Title |
The Evolution of the Journal Club: From Osler to Twitter
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Published in |
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.12.012 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Joel M. Topf, Matthew A. Sparks, Paul J. Phelan, Nikhil Shah, Edgar V. Lerma, Matthew P.M. Graham-Brown, Hector Madariaga, Francesco Iannuzzella, Michelle N. Rheault, Thomas Oates, Kenar D. Jhaveri, Swapnil Hiremath |
Abstract |
Journal clubs have typically been held within the walls of academic institutions and in medicine have served the dual purpose of fostering critical appraisal of literature and disseminating new findings. In the last decade and especially the last few years, online and virtual journal clubs have been started and are flourishing, especially those harnessing the advantages of social media tools and customs. This article reviews the history and recent innovations of journal clubs. In addition, the authors describe their experience developing and implementing NephJC, an online nephrology journal club conducted on Twitter. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 145 | 36% |
United Kingdom | 29 | 7% |
Canada | 22 | 6% |
India | 9 | 2% |
Spain | 9 | 2% |
Mexico | 8 | 2% |
Italy | 8 | 2% |
Australia | 7 | 2% |
Ireland | 7 | 2% |
Other | 43 | 11% |
Unknown | 111 | 28% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 194 | 49% |
Scientists | 94 | 24% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 80 | 20% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 29 | 7% |
Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 159 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 21 | 13% |
Other | 17 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 9% |
Student > Master | 14 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
Other | 49 | 31% |
Unknown | 32 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 45% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
Engineering | 5 | 3% |
Other | 27 | 17% |
Unknown | 31 | 19% |