Here is the current Journal Club schedule (thanks, Lauree Herrmann!):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w8syRjk3MFxhGvkEuyfbaw_99ZinOfhevZffidqTltI/edit#gid=0

 

RESOURCES:

Here is a short template to organize your journal club presentation:

Resident Journal Club Worksheet

Here is a helpful, succinct article to help with organizing your journal club presentation (h/t Jess Meikle!):

acp-journal-club-2007

OVERVIEW ARTICLES — STATISTICS (FOR THE NON-STATISTICIAN):

http://www.bmj.com/content/315/7104/364

http://www.bmj.com/content/315/7105/422

PROPENSITY SCORES – Wondering what these are?  And why/when they are used?  Check out these articles!

JAMAOverview – the shortest and sweetest of these references (only 2 pages!)

Austin – Propensity score intro

Borah – Examples of propensity scores in medical research

DAgostino – More in-depth tutorial about propensity scores

 

JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLES PRESENTED 2016-2017:

(1) Carmela Carrasco and Tim Savage:

Validation of the “Step-by-Step” Approach in the Management of Young Febrile Infants. Pediatrics 2016.

A Meta-analysis of the Rates of Listeria monocytogenes and Enterococcus in Febrile Infants. Hospital Pediatrics 2016.

(2) Jessica Meikle:

Randomized Trial of Introduction of Allergenic Foods in Breast-Fed Infants. NEJM 2016.

(3) Michael Alston, Renatta Craven, and Wes Gifford:

Management and Outcomes of Previously Healthy, Full-Term, Febrile Infants Ages 7 to 90 Days. Pediatrics 2016. 

(4) Laura O'Neill:

Intravenous versus Oral Antibiotics for Postdischarge Treatment of Complicated Pneumonia. Pediatrics 2016.

And here is Laura's excellent accompanying handout: Journal Club 1_5_17

(5) Caitlin McGrath, Kelly Dundon and Eric Seymour:

Rooming-In to Treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Improved Family-Centered Care at Lower Cost

(6) Weston Powell, Rachel Baker and Kim Grelli:

Neonatal Morbidity after Maternal Use of Antidepressant Drugs during Pregnancy

(7) Katie Walz and Weston Powell:

Trial of Amitriptyline, Topiramate, and Placebo for Pediatric Migraine

(8) Caleb Stokes:

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Pediatric Deaths: 2010–2014 (Flannery et. al, Pediatrics April 2017)

Bacteremia in Children 3 to 36 Months Old After Introduction of Conjugated Pneumococcal Vaccines (Greenhow et al., Pediatrics March 2017)

(9) Ben al-Haddad and Alex Kula:

Derivation and Validation of a Serum Biomarker Panel to Identify Infants With Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage