PPC II & PEBM Journal Club Assignment Guide: Assignment Instructions

• PPC V - Journal Club Article selection due on Monday, January 10, 2022 at 11:59 pm. Upload article to CANVAS
• PPC V Journal Club Session - Tuesday, February 15, 2022 from 10 am -12 pm
• PPC II Journal Club Session - Thursday, April 14, 2022 from 8-10 am

• PPC V Optional Journal Club Help Session:
  • See CANVAS for details
• PPC II Optional Journal Club Help Session:
  • TBD 12-1 pm
  • Informal session. Come with your questions about your article or about the article in general.
  • Zoom information  in AIMS

• Small group information, article information, small group leader contact information, and Zoom information can be found in the PPC II course CNAVAS sites.
• For PPC II, your small group leader will choose your journal club article. All articles will focus on obesity.
• Everyone must participate in the oral presentation. You can divide the oral presentation however your group would like.  
• PowerPoint/Prezi slides are optional. They will not be graded, but you may receive formative feedback.
• You will want to practice your presentation with your group prior to the journal club session.
• Bring your journal article to the session. You may have notes. 

• Create a clinical question based upon a standardized patient encounter using PP-ICO.
• Practice using the 7-step modified approach to answering clinical question.
• Search for a research article that you will answer your clinical question
• Evaluate the research article using the skills learned in previous coursework
• Apply the research article to patient care
• Work as a team to give an oral presentation

Students will be assigned to a small group based upon the Wasson case assigned to them in late January. Your group will be assigned to one of the following one-hour sessions on February 15^th: 10-11 am or 11 am – 12 pm. See the PPC V Journal Club Presentation PPT Slides for assignment instructions. The presentation template slides from the ICE course have been provided as a template for your presentation slides. A copy of the rubric has also been provided. See CANVAS for more details.

• Expectations of student performance compared to the PPC II Journal Club Presentation:
  • You will be expected to provide greater detail in your presentation to the statistics in the article.
  • You will be expected to apply your knowledge gained from your basic science courses and D&T I.
  • You will be expected to better apply the research to clinical practice.