I disagree about not finding time to read journals. When I was a med student I had a great prof who said that everyone needs to skim JAMA, NEJM and then the major journals in their respective field. The reason being, articles from JAMA and the NEJM will make the news and patients will ask you about them, even if it's nothing related to what you're doing for them. And then, obviously, it's your professional responsibility to keep abreast of what's going on in your own field.
Obviously, you don't end up reading every article, but at least scanning the headlines and finding ones that are of interest to you is important. For me, last month in Pediatrics "Grandparents Driving Grandchildren: An Evaluation of Child Passenger Safety and Injuries" did not make the cut, while "Simulation in Pediatrics: The Reliability and Validity of a Multiscenario Assessment" did. But I'm interested in mock codes, education issues, and the like, so it was of interest to me.
My personal trick is that I read a lot of daily blogs anyways, so I incorporated the major Journals into my daily routine. Most journals have an RSS feed that you can pop into the blog accumulator of your choice - I use Google Reader - and when a new issue of the journal comes out, I get a list of headlines or abstracts to skim through. Anything of interest gets starred or kept unread and I can come back to it either online or in print. I do this for JAMA, the New England Journal, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Critical Care. Some people I know make Sunday morning their Journal reading day after they finish the Sunday paper. The more you can make it part of your normal routine, the easier it will become.
