Critical Appraisals at Play

NCT07126314 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: 25-007
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 36
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Pre and Post assessment of knowledge and attitudes on critical appraisal of biomedical literature in Emergency Medicine practice in a cohort of residents with implementation of a competition based educational format.

Conditions

Medical Education

Keywords

Emergency Medicine education; Journal club innovation; Gamified learning; Critical appraisal skills; Team-based competition; Resident engagement; Didactic enhancement; Pre/post intervention; Survey-based evaluation; Emergency Medicine residents; Residency training programs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in score in knowledge based quiz

  A journal club based quiz, created by Rosh Review, will be administered pre and post. Changes in scores will be noted.

  11 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Difference in knowledge quiz compared to benchmark score

  11 months

• Changes in attitudes regarding comfort in interpreting biomedical literature

  11 months

• Subjective assessment of value of curriculum

  11 months

Study Arms (1)

Residency Cohort

EXPERIMENTAL

Full complement of site emergency medicine residents

Other: Competition based Education Format

Interventions

Competition based Education Format OTHER

Residents will be organized into 3 teams, each competing to amass points for critiquing articles presented during journal club, for a prize.

Residency Cohort

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All emergency medicine residents at study site

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health Community Medical Center

Toms River, New Jersey, 08755, United States

Location

Related Publications (12)

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  PMID: 21036071 BACKGROUND

• Horneff, J, Baldwin, K, Ahn, J.. "The Value of Journal Clubs in Orthopaedic Resident Education." (2010). University of Pennsylvania Orthopedic Journal

  BACKGROUND

• Dzara K, Frey-Vogel AS. Medical Education Journal Club for the Millennial Resident: An Interactive, No-Prep Approach. Acad Pediatr. 2019 Aug;19(6):603-607. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.05.004. Epub 2019 May 14.

  PMID: 31100347 BACKGROUND

• Allon S, Baggett A, Hayes B, Glosemeyer K, Cavo J, Pacha R, Zurko J, Patel N, Kraemer R. Association of a Gamified Journal Club on Internal Medicine Residents' Engagement and Critical Appraisal Skills. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Aug;15(4):475-480. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-22-00812.1.

  PMID: 37637345 BACKGROUND

• Moharari RS, Rahimi E, Najafi A, Khashayar P, Khajavi MR, Meysamie AP. Teaching critical appraisal and statistics in anesthesia journal club. QJM. 2009 Feb;102(2):139-41. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn131. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

  PMID: 18842683 BACKGROUND

• Luc JGY, Fowler CS, Eisenberg SB, Estrera AL, Wolf RK, Choi CW, Lawton JS, Martin LW, Nesbitt JC, Reznik SI, Nguyen TC, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB; Thoracic Education Cooperative Group (TECoG). Multiinstitutional Evaluation of a Debate-Style Journal Club for Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainees. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jul;114(1):327-333. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.104. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

  PMID: 34547299 BACKGROUND

• Linzer M, Brown JT, Frazier LM, DeLong ER, Siegel WC. Impact of a medical journal club on house-staff reading habits, knowledge, and critical appraisal skills. A randomized control trial. JAMA. 1988 Nov 4;260(17):2537-41.

  PMID: 3050179 BACKGROUND

• Wegleitner, Elizabeth and Octavio R Chirino. "Join the Club: Integration of the CREOG Journal Club Curriculum Improves OBGYN Residents Statistical Literacy." Obstetrics & Gynecology (2019): 134():p 48S, October 2019

  BACKGROUND

• Hartzell JD, Veerappan GR, Posley K, Shumway NM, Durning SJ. Resident run journal club: a model based on the adult learning theory. Med Teach. 2009 Apr;31(4):e156-61. doi: 10.1080/01421590802516723.

  PMID: 19404887 BACKGROUND

• Arti Muley, J. Lakhani "Evidence based vs traditional journal clubs: Time to switchover." The Journal of medical research 2015 1(1): 13-17 https://doi.org/10.31254/jmr.2015.1106

  BACKGROUND

• Haspel RL. Implementation and assessment of a resident curriculum in evidence-based transfusion medicine. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010 Jul;134(7):1054-9. doi: 10.5858/2009-0328-OA.1.

  PMID: 20586637 BACKGROUND

• Alavi-Moghaddam M, Yazdani S, Mortazavi F, Chichi S, Hosseini-Zijoud SM. Evidence-based Medicine versus the Conventional Approach to Journal Club Sessions: Which One Is More Successful in Teaching Critical Appraisal Skills? Chonnam Med J. 2016 May;52(2):107-11. doi: 10.4068/cmj.2016.52.2.107. Epub 2016 May 20.

  PMID: 27231674 BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Pre and Post Intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2025
• First Posted: August 17, 2025
• Study Start: August 13, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 10, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 10, 2026
• Last Updated: August 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)