Association of a Gamified Journal Club on Internal Medicine Residents’ Engagement and Critical Appraisal Skills

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior literature demonstrates internal medicine residents have suboptimal competence in critical appraisal. Journal clubs are a common intervention to address this skill, but engagement and critical appraisal skill improvement are variable.

Objective

We evaluated journal club engagement and critical appraisal skills after implementation of a gamified format.

Methods

This was a single-arm study, conducted from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, involving internal medicine residents at 2 US programs. Residents participated in a 12-month gamified journal club that sorted residents into 2 teams. Residents attended an orientation followed by 6 to 10 monthly, hour-long competitions. In each competition, a subset of the resident teams competed to answer a clinica

SUBMITTER: Allon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10449352 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature