CATCH-IT (Critically Appraised Topics in Communication,
Health Informatics, and Technology) - Journal Club
Presentation schedule
About CATCH-IT (Critically Appraised Topics in Communication,
Health Informatics, and Technology)
- Aim: CATCH-IT Journal Club sessions will 1) serve
as an educational opportunity for students, faculty, researchers, and health
professionals to acquire critical appraisal skills and to stay abreast of the
eHealth literature; and 2) from these discussions we will develop and publish
critical mini-reviews of important new developments and studies in the field
of eHealth / health informatics, which we call CATCH-IT reports (Critically
Appraised Topics in Communication, Health Informatics, and Technology).
- Presenters: Each session will be led by a
presenter, who presents the paper (20 minutes), answers questions about the
paper, and facilitates discussion. People interested in presenting something
should approach the coordinator (GE). For the list of available dates see
below.
- Coordinator: The presenter is expected to see the
coordinator (GE) at least 2-3 weeks prior to the presentation and to briefly
discuss the paper he/she wants to present (for external presenters not
physically located at the Centre an email interaction should be sufficient).
The presenter also emails abstract and bibliographical details of the paper to
be presented to the participants, and attaches the pdf/electronic version of
the full article, if available.
- Paper selection: Papers should be selected from
the current body of literature, and should not be older than 6 months (in
exceptional cases up to 12 months).
- Selection criteria for papers include one or more
of the following:
- High quality papers with great potential impact on one
or more groups of decision-makers in the health system;
- Papers illustrating methodological flaws worth
discussing (seeking to prevent them in future studies)
- Papers providing an elegant solution to a
(methodological) problem or otherwise addressing timely methodological
issues or problems;
- Illustration of new ideas or concepts that could
represent food for reflection and discussion;
- Direct impact on ongoing research at the Centre or
elsewhere.
- Ideas for papers to present: Scan the table of
contents of journals like BMJ, JAMA, JMIR or JAMIA. Scan websites like
http://www.informatics-review.com/ or
www.ihealthbeat.org. If you still don’t know what to present, come
and see the coordinator, consult with other participants, or raise the
question at the end of a session.
- Presentations: Presenters will present the
background, methods, results, limitations and implications of the paper (20
minutes). It is up to the presenter to decide whether he/she wants to use
PowerPoint or for example simple handouts with the most important figures or
tables.
- Minute taker: To facilitate the preparation of
the CATCH-IT reports a volunteer will be identified at the beginning of each
session to keep some (electronic) notes of the session. In addition,
participants may give their handwritten or electronic notes to the presenter
after the session. The presenter may also go around the table before the end
of the session asking everybody to comment on what he wants to see in a
CATCH-IT report
- In-depth discussion: The aim of the CATCH-IT
Journal Club is to discuss a single study in-depth, rather than discussing
multiple different studies. However, the Journals Club may also be used for
participants to – at the end of the session - briefly mention some other
recently published papers (some of which may be picked up by others)
- CATCH-IT reports: After the Journal Club session
the presenter prepares – based on the presentation and discussions – a 1000
word CATCH-IT draft report and circulates it among the participants, ideally
within 1 week, but no later than 2 weeks after the session. Participants have
1 week to comment on the report. The report will then be submitted to the JMIR
Associate Editor responsible for CATCH-IT reports (NN – in the beginning GE),
who forwards the report for peer-review (preferably to the author of the
original manuscript).
- CATCH-IT reports - authorship: The presenter will
be the primary author of the report, together with the “CATCH-IT Group”. In
the “acknowledgements” section the participants of the particular Journal Club
session where the paper was discussed will be listed as members of the
CATCH-IT Group. It is up to the presenter to invite and list other co-authors
from the group who would do more than commenting on the draft.
- Letters to the editor: In some cases the group
may also draft a letter to the editor commenting on a particular paper.
- Spread the word: Participants are urged to invite
other people who may be interested in eHealth and the journal club. These
include individuals from the Knowledge Media Design Institute, Bell Labs,
Knowledge Translation Program, Centre for Research in Education, etc.
- Virtual collaboration: At a later stage, the
sessions will be webcasted and participants from other organizations are
invited to take part in virtual discussions..
- Academic credits: For graduate students
affiliated with HPME (possibly also other departments?) the course can be
designated as reading/research course for academic credits. Please see Gunther
Eysenbach.