Bendigo ICU Journal club

When: 12:00-1230
 Every 1st or 3rd Wednesday
 
Where: ICU meeting room
 
How does it work?
  • All ICU clinicians welcome
  • Registrars expected to attend as part of teaching
  • Participation in journal club will form part of registrar assessment
  • One registrar rostered each week to present an article
  • 15 minute presentation of article
  • 5 minute focussed summary of a biostatistics or epidemiology concept related to the paper
  • 20 minutes discussion time and questions
  • paper will be circulated via email on preceding Friday.
  • attendees are allowed to eat lunch or drink coffee whilst listening intently!
 
How do I analyse and present the paper?
  • A powerpoint presentation is preferred but not essential
  • You may wish to use the following structure to summarise the trial:
    • What is the research question?
    • Background
    • Type of study
    • Population
      • Inclusion
      • Exclusion
    • Intervention
    • Outcomes
      • Primary outcomes
      • Secondary outcomes
    • Results
    • Authors’ conclusion
    • Criticisms and commentary
      • How does this relate to our case–mix and practice in Bendigo ICU?
  • Use the CASP framework to appraise your study and the CASP checklists for appraising different types of study: http://www.casp-uk.net/casp- tools-checklists
 
Which paper will I present?
 
  1. The consultant group can select and suggest papers.
  2. The registrar is free to choose any gold standard papers related to our current practice.
 
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