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Journal Club Experience in a Postgraduate Psychiatry Program in Chile

Received December 27, 2007; revised April 22, September 12, and December 29, 2008; accepted January 12, 2009. The authors are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. Address correspondence to Sergio Valdivieso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Psiquiatria, Camino El Alba 12351, Las Condes, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, 7550000, Chile; svaldivi{at}med.puc.cl (e-mail).

OBJECTIVE: Literature about journal clubs in postgraduate psychiatry programs is scarce, and there is no reference to residents' preferences. METHODS: Residents were asked to respond to a survey about their general satisfaction with the current journal club format and paper preferences, according to subject, scope, and type. RESULTS: Residents' general satisfaction was high. Residents preferred clinically relevant meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials about mood and psychotic disorders, neuroscience, and biological therapies. CONCLUSION: There is a trend to prefer articles related to biological aspects of psychiatry, centered in evidence-based medicine methodology. An effort should be made to broaden the scope of selection of papers, incorporating, for instance, humanistic views, psychotherapy, and other methodologies.

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