One way for nurses to remain up-skilled and participate in ongoing learning is through a journal club. These were historically medical led but are often run as a multidisciplinary activity. A journal club is something that nurses can initiate for others as a way of keeping up to date on palliative care issues.
Journal clubs usually comprise a group of individuals with a common interest (eg, palliative care) who meet on a regular basis. At these meetings one of the group presents the findings from a journal article. This responsibility rotates, resulting in a variety of articles of interest being presented.
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- Steenbeek A, Edgecombe N, Durling J, LeBlanc A, Anderson R, Bainbridge R. Using an interactive journal club to enhance nursing research knowledge acquisition, appraisal, and application. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh. 2009;6(1):Article12. Epub 2009 Apr 5.
- Deenadayalan Y, Grimmer-Somers K, Prior M, Kumar S. How to run an effective journal club: a systematic review. J Eval Clin Pract. 2008 Oct;14(5):898-911.
- Mazuryk M, Daeninck P, Neumann C, Bruera E. Daily journal club: an education tool in palliative care. Palliat Med, 2002 Jan;16(1):57-61.
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