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February 3, 1989, Vol 261, No. 5 >
ARTICLE | February 3, 1989

The JAMA Journal Club FREE

Michael I. Gannon; Dennis K. Wentz, MD
JAMA. 1989;261(5):750-750. doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03420050100050
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The American Medical Association (AMA) provides continuing medical education to physicians worldwide through JAMA, the 11 international editions of JAMA, and the 9 AMA specialty journals. The regular English-language JAMA is received by nearly 400 000 recipients in 132 countries. The international editions are received by approximately another 300 000, and the specialty journals have an aggregate distribution of about 360 000. Authors of articles accepted for publication, therefore, reach and communicate with hundreds of thousands of physicians and, through the media, the public at large.

This week the AMA launches a new continuing medical education program that will extend and amplify the educational value of these journals many times over—the JAMA Journal Club. The concept is deceptively simple. The reading of journal articles, which physicians have always indicated as a primary source of their continuing medical education,1 is combined with small-group discussion, which educators have always recognized as

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Survey of Current Status of Continuing Medical Education, AMA House of Delegates Proceedings . Chicago, Ill: American Medical Association. 1980;:118-132.
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Brookfield SD.  Discussion as an effective educational method . In: Rosenblum S, ed. Involving Adults in the Educational Process . San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass Inc Publishers; 1985;:55-67.
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Linzer M.  The journal club and medical education: over one hundred years of unrecorded history . Postgrad Med J. 1987;;63:475-478.
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Linzer M, Brown TJ, Frazier LM, DeLong ER, Siegel WC.  Impact of a medical journal club on house-staff reading habits, knowledge, and critical appraisal skills . JAMA. 1988;;260:2537-2541.
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Woods J Jr, Winkel C.  Journal club format emphasizing techniques of critical reading . J Med Educ. 1982;;57:799-801.
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Joorabchi B.  A problem-based journal club . J Med Educ. 1984;;59:755-757.

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Survey of Current Status of Continuing Medical Education, AMA House of Delegates Proceedings . Chicago, Ill: American Medical Association. 1980;:118-132.
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Brookfield SD.  Discussion as an effective educational method . In: Rosenblum S, ed. Involving Adults in the Educational Process . San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass Inc Publishers; 1985;:55-67.
3 +
Linzer M.  The journal club and medical education: over one hundred years of unrecorded history . Postgrad Med J. 1987;;63:475-478.
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Linzer M, Brown TJ, Frazier LM, DeLong ER, Siegel WC.  Impact of a medical journal club on house-staff reading habits, knowledge, and critical appraisal skills . JAMA. 1988;;260:2537-2541.
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Woods J Jr, Winkel C.  Journal club format emphasizing techniques of critical reading . J Med Educ. 1982;;57:799-801.
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Joorabchi B.  A problem-based journal club . J Med Educ. 1984;;59:755-757.

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