Journal Club Preparation Form: Systematic Reviews/Meta ...



Journal Club Preparation Form: Therapy

Title:______________________________________________________

Presenter:__________________________________________________

Format:

1. Begin with rationale for selecting this topic.

2. Give brief background on what is known about this topic/issue

3. Summarize objectives and identify outcomes studied.

4. Discuss methodology and study design

5. Validity (See questions below)

|VALIDITY |

|Are the Results Valid? |

|Were all patients who entered the trial accounted for and attributed at its conclusion? |

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|Discuss baseline characteristics |

|Were the groups similar at the start of the trial? |

|Are there certain demographics that were not included that should be? |

|Describe the “typical patient” |

|Aside from the experimental intervention were the groups treated equally? |

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|What are the Results? (Take audience through tables and figures; do not fill up this paper with results, most of it will be done |

|verbally) |

|Describe and explain statistical significance as shown. Distinguish between statistical and clinical significance |

|How large is the treatment effect? |

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|How precise is the estimate of the treatment effect? |

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|Will the Results Help Me in My Patient Care? |

|Can the results be applied to my patients? |

|Were all clinically relevant outcomes considered? |

|Are the benefits worth the harms and costs? |

Bottom Line:____________________________________________________________

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