Journal Club - 2007-06-12

ACP Journal Club

Very good for number needed to treat/screen.

Example topic: screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm:

• http://www.acpjc.org/
• PubMed citation for USPSTF
  • PMID 15684209
• UpToDate Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Click Effectiveness
  • Select a reference and Google its PMID

Keeping up with ACPJC

• Pros
  • Excellent content
• Cons (compared to JournalWatch)
  • No CME; also there may be an 8 month delay
• How
  • Currently no eTOC
  • So, set up a saved search at
    • MyNCBI (at PubMed)
    • PubMed Informer

Related ideas

• 'USPSTF selector' (available at http://clinical.uthscsa.edu, click 'Medical Knowledge', then 'Caclulators'
• WikiPedia