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Inviting a statistician to join an evidence-based journal club

Department of Psychiatry, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

F. Crotty, Research Fellow, M. Moran, Research Fellow, C. M. McDonough, Special Lecturer in Psychiatry, A. Moran, Special Lecturer in Psychiatry and P. R. Casey, Professor of Psychiatry

Department of Adult Psychiatry, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin

Abstract

AIMS AND METHOD

In response to frequent cancellations, we recently changed the format of our journal club. We invited a statistician to attend and each meeting focused specifically on critical appraisal and statistical analysis. Active learning principles were used where every participant critically appraised an aspect of the paper presented at each meeting. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the impact of the new format on attendance and satisfaction levels. Attendance and satisfaction levels were measured in the 3 months before and the 3 months after the new format was introduced.

RESULTS

Average attendance increased from 10 to 15, with two psychologists and two trainees who did not work in the hospital starting to attend regularly. Satisfaction levels also increased significantly with respect to academic interest, enjoyment, usefulness and overall satisfaction.

CONCLUSION

Combining statistical expertise with principles of active learning has led to increased satisfaction levels among participants in our journal club.

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