It is pleasing to report the ongoing
success of the International Urology Journal Club on Twitter. The first 12 months experience has culminated
in the publication of a manuscript in the journal European Urology. This is the highest impact journal in the
field of urology at 10.476.
Link to the article is at:-
The manuscript is expected to be indexed on
Pubmed any day from now.
The 48-hour asynchronous format has worked
well for time poor surgeons who find it difficult to commit to a designated on
line meeting time. The format has also
enabled global involvement given that time zones are no longer an issue. This is not to cast criticism at the fixed
time journal clubs. As a relatively
small surgical specialty, global involvement is necessary to have sufficient
participation to make it viable. Larger
specialty interest groups enable regional fixed time journal clubs to flourish.
Following on from our model is the
commencement of a respiratory and sleep medicine journal club (#rsjc) and one
from the general surgeons (#igsjc). We are eager to see that they succeed.
We will see more online journal clubs and
hopefully more data to quantify participation and value as a CME learning tool.
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