Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions

Journal club is a veritable medium for knowledge creation especially at the postgraduate-level training in different fields of human endeavor. There are very few successful journal clubs unlike many postgraduate medical training institutions, and despite its being indispensible, the concept of jou...

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Main Authors: Terhemen J. Igbudu, Livinus Egwuda, Osarieme E Omokhua, James Mngutyo
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/
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spelling ukm-87602016-12-14T06:48:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/ Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions Terhemen J. Igbudu, Livinus Egwuda, Osarieme E Omokhua, James Mngutyo, Journal club is a veritable medium for knowledge creation especially at the postgraduate-level training in different fields of human endeavor. There are very few successful journal clubs unlike many postgraduate medical training institutions, and despite its being indispensible, the concept of journal club remains an area that has been ill-researched. The success of the evolved journal club till today is hampered by many factors. Some of these determinants are general apathy to attending sessions, lack of time, and inadequate preparations. Sustainable developmental theory was used to analyze the primary and secondary data collected. It was however clear that the success of the journal club was dependent on the beneficiaries, training institutions, and the respective bodies that oversee those training programs. It is therefore important that adequate research attention is given to this area to prevent it from going into extinction, which is the thrust of this article. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/1/P.148-150.pdf Terhemen J. Igbudu, and Livinus Egwuda, and Osarieme E Omokhua, and James Mngutyo, (2015) Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (2). pp. 148-150. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my
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description Journal club is a veritable medium for knowledge creation especially at the postgraduate-level training in different fields of human endeavor. There are very few successful journal clubs unlike many postgraduate medical training institutions, and despite its being indispensible, the concept of journal club remains an area that has been ill-researched. The success of the evolved journal club till today is hampered by many factors. Some of these determinants are general apathy to attending sessions, lack of time, and inadequate preparations. Sustainable developmental theory was used to analyze the primary and secondary data collected. It was however clear that the success of the journal club was dependent on the beneficiaries, training institutions, and the respective bodies that oversee those training programs. It is therefore important that adequate research attention is given to this area to prevent it from going into extinction, which is the thrust of this article.
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author Terhemen J. Igbudu,
Livinus Egwuda,
Osarieme E Omokhua,
James Mngutyo,
spellingShingle Terhemen J. Igbudu,
Livinus Egwuda,
Osarieme E Omokhua,
James Mngutyo,
Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
author_facet Terhemen J. Igbudu,
Livinus Egwuda,
Osarieme E Omokhua,
James Mngutyo,
author_sort Terhemen J. Igbudu,
title Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
title_short Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
title_full Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
title_fullStr Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
title_full_unstemmed Evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in Nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
title_sort evolution and determinants of sustainability of journal club in nigerian postgraduate medical training institutions
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8760/1/P.148-150.pdf
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