Editor: Eric
B. Milbrandt, M.D. M.P.H
| Associate Editors: |
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| Derek Angus, MD |
Ake Grenvik, MD, PhD |
| John Kellum, MD |
James P. Rieker, PhD |
| Armando J. Rotondi, PhD |
Ramesh Venkataraman, MD |
| Editorial Assistant: Gretchen
Winstein |
Each month the Department convenes a multidisciplinary evidence-based medicine journal club, a mandatory component of CCM training at the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of journal club is to provide critical appraisals of articles that impact the clinical practice of critical care and to foster the development of skills necessary for the practice of evidence-based medicine. With the guidance of a faculty mentor, fellows in the University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Training Program lead the discussion of an article, which is chosen based on the following criteria: the article must have been published within the past 2 years and not previously discussed in the journal club; the study must contain no major flaws of methodology; and the results of the study, if valid, must impact clinical practice in some way.
After the fellow's presentation, the article is open for debate. As is the case in many journal clubs, things sometimes get bogged down in minutiae. However, the overall tone is one of truly trying to understand the implications of the study. A point is made always to answer the question, 'Based on the results of this study, should we change clinical practice?' Afterward, the fellow and faculty mentor prepare a written record of the proceedings in the form of an expanded abstract with a three to four paragraph commentary. These proceedings, previously available only to members of the Department, are now published online in Critical Care.
View Our Journal Club Critiques published on Critical Care
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