Keeping up with journals

[TexasRose]

I know it's important to keep up with the latest news and research in pediatrics. It's hard with all the other responsibilities that med students, residents and practicing physicians have to find the time to read. I was wondering what other students and physicians do to make sure they are keeping up with the journals, etc.

Got any advice, tips, ideas?

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[oldbearprofessor]

I know it's important to keep up with the latest news and research in pediatrics. It's hard with all the other responsibilities that med students, residents and practicing physicians have to find the time to read. I was wondering what other students and physicians do to make sure they are keeping up with the journals, etc.

Got any advice, tips, ideas?

Whether it's for specialists or general pediatrics, the two primary pediatric journals will still be the source of most major new information that is relevant to pediatric practice. So, it's a good idea to find some way to skim the abstracts from "Pediatrics" and "Journal of Pediatrics" every 2-3 months. Rarely a big story will come out in Lancet, NEJM, JAMA or BMJ. These are often carried on the major media, or, they may have "Side articles" appear in the pedi literature. It can be tougher to keep up with these. Best to do an occasional scan, especially of NEJM and Lancet, but otherwise these can be missed.

Nowadays, the AAP has several resources to help keep folks updated. I use NeoPrep which we get for free, there are several AAP pedi review "journals" out there as well. For the most part, I wouldn't worry about these too much while a med student or resident. Better to keep up on the original review journals than the "review" journals.

 

[oldbearprofessor]

I know it's important to keep up with the latest news and research in pediatrics. It's hard with all the other responsibilities that med students, residents and practicing physicians have to find the time to read. I was wondering what other students and physicians do to make sure they are keeping up with the journals, etc.

Got any advice, tips, ideas?

I wanted to add that above all, EVERYONE interested in pedi should plan to go to SPR next May. The fact that it is in Hawaii is not relevant here.

Go to your housestaff chairman, etc and tell them that OBP says you should get travel funds to support your trip.

Duck as you leave the office.

 

[ChildNeuro]

What about CMEs for pediatrics, are there any recommended online courses or online lectures?

 

[deleted109597]

What about CMEs for pediatrics, are there any recommended online courses or online lectures?

You don't need any of those until after you finish residency.

 

[Freibi]

I know it's important to keep up with the latest news and research in pediatrics. It's hard with all the other responsibilities that med students, residents and practicing physicians have to find the time to read. I was wondering what other students and physicians do to make sure they are keeping up with the journals, etc.

Got any advice, tips, ideas?

If you get any hardcopy journals arriving by mail each month, you`ll be automatically reminded about the news, and you can put them in a strategic place (e.g. the bathroom ). As a resident, you may get AAP membership courtesy of your program which includes a subscription to "Pediatrics".

 

[dr.b.natural]

There's also Journal Watch. It's a subscription service and costs $49/yr for students and residents. It emails you titles and abstracts of a variety of peds-related articles that are published in various journals. You can also go to the webpage http://pediatrics.jwatch.org/ and see the titles, but you need the subscription to read more. But even seeing the titles might be inspiration to do a PubMed search looking for the aritcle.

 

[TexasRose]

There's also Journal Watch. It's a subscription service and costs $49/yr for students and residents. It emails you titles and abstracts of a variety of peds-related articles that are published in various journals. You can also go to the webpage http://pediatrics.jwatch.org/ and see the titles, but you need the subscription to read more. But even seeing the titles might be inspiration to do a PubMed search looking for the aritcle.

Thanks! I wasn't aware of this service.

 

[m1234d]

i use either my school library proxy, or my down time on call/on the floors to scan the journals, and also look up older articles that are mentioned on rounds that seem important. when the peds floor is slow, it's a good way to pass the time, and if you find someone who likes articles too, you can point them out and discuss them. (sadly, my counterpart moved on, so now its just me randomly saying to no one "wow, thats really interesting...." or "what? you can't claim that! based on what? what kind of sample size is 5? and fine i guess if its 5 but at least recognize it!!")

 

[ChildNeuro]

You don't need any of those until after you finish residency.

Yes, I was just wondering if there was any good, maybe even free, Pediatrics CME so . . . if taking an elective or even interviewing I will know what Bo don't know