Journals?

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I enjoy listening to AUDIO summary of Annals of Internal medicine (AIM).

As a third year student, which of the following TWO journal i should read other than AIM?
NEJM
American Family Practice
JAMA

Try to skim them all. I know that's not what you're asking, but I don't think med students get a whole lot out of trying to read journals cover-to-cover. You'll never have time to do that in the real world, so it's good to get in the habit of skimming journals to pick out eh most interesting/relevant articles for more in-depth reading. This way, you'll also learn how to quickly sum up a paper and its faults.

For research and clinical care, I have to keep track of what's going on in around 20 journals on a monthly basis. I certainly don't read every article, and even the one's I'm interested in I don't read every word (unless it potentially changes the way I practice).

Originally Posted by typhoonegator

Try to skim them all. I know that's not what you're asking, but I don't think med students get a whole lot out of trying to read journals cover-to-cover. You'll never have time to do that in the real world, so it's good to get in the habit of skimming journals to pick out eh most interesting/relevant articles for more in-depth reading. This way, you'll also learn how to quickly sum up a paper and its faults.

For research and clinical care, I have to keep track of what's going on in around 20 journals on a monthly basis. I certainly don't read every article, and even the one's I'm interested in I don't read every word (unless it potentially changes the way I practice).

My strategy:
Read abstract and if seems imp. than read in more detail.
Read IN THE CLINIC from AIM and CLINICAL PRACTICE from NEJM in somewhat more detail than others.