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Shyam Ajay Gokani,1,* Ekta Sharma,2,* Tanisha Sharma,3 Shyam Venkatesan Moudhgalya,3 Subothini Sara Selvendran,4 Nikhil Aggarwal5 1Research Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University College London (Royal Free Campus), London, UK; 2Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK; 3Department of Medicine, St George’s University of London, London, UK; 4Department of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, UK; 5Department of Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shyam Ajay GokaniResearch Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London (Royal Free Campus), London, UKTel +44 20 7679 2000Fax +44 20 7472 6871Email shyamg@live.co.ukBackground: Critical appraisal is an important skill for clinicians of the future which medical students often have limited opportunities to develop. This study aimed to evaluate whether a national journal club session could improve medical students’ confidence with critical appraisal.Methods: 98 medical students attended a critical appraisal lecture and supervised journal article discussions. Junior doctor mentors supported students to submit discussion points as a letter-to-the-editor. An online cross-sectional survey was administered before and after the conference.Results: 74 students responded, reporting increased confidence with critically appraising research articles (median score 2 vs 4, p |
