Table 3.
Journal Club (JC) Features Associated With Success a
| Variableb | Univariable Analysis | Multivariable Analysisc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P Valued | OR (95% CI) | P Valued | |
| Location: on-campus onlye | 0.35 (0.12–0.96) | .041 | ||
| Frequency: monthly or less frequentlyf | 27.9 (1.36–570.3) | .031 | ||
| Time of day: eveningg | 2.2 (0.83–5.9) | .111 | ||
| Duration: >1 hh | 3.8 (1.41–10.1) | .008 | ||
| Complimentary food available | 1.48 (0.55–4.0) | .441 | 5.5 (1.06–28.3) | .042 |
| Formal method of appraising articles | 1.80 (0.68–4.7) | .236 | ||
| Formal JC evaluation method | 0.71 (0.27–1.83) | .479 | ||
| Goals set at beginning of year | 1.34 (0.53–3.4) | .535 | ||
| Organizer: residents or residents with facultyi | 1.70 (0.66–4.3) | .268 | ||
| Moderator: residents or residents with facultyi | 1.04 (0.38–2.8) | .939 | ||
| Chooser of articles: residents or residents with facultyi | 1.54 (0.60–3.90) | .367 | ||
| Presenter of articles: residents or residents with facultyi | 2.0 (0.22–18.4) | .540 | ||
| No. of articles presented: >2j | 3.9 (1.43–10.6) | .008 | ||
| Mandatory resident attendance | 4.6 (1.48–14.5) | .009 | 6.9 (1.36–34.7) | .020 |
| Recorded resident attendance | 0.52 (0.11–2.4) | .404 | ||
| Faculty attendance: >5k | 2.6 (1.01–6.7) | .048 | ||
| Importance rating of JC as part of the residency training by anesthesia residency program directorl | 0.43 (0.11–1.65) | .219 | ||
| Importance rating of JC as part of the residency training by the residents as perceived by the anesthesia residency program directorl | 0.80 (0.31–2.1) | .642 | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
a A successful journal club was defined based on resident attendance of more than 50% and a continuous existence of at least 2 years.
b Design levels for multiple choice features were transformed into binary variables to improve model efficiency. The most prevalent choice or most normative group was taken as the reference category.
c Final model after stepwise selection, adjusting for program size.
d Boldface values are signnificant.
e Reference: off-campus (included off-campus only and off-campus and on-campus; program directors had 3 choices: on-campus only, off-campus only, or both).
f Reference: multiple times per month.
g Reference: morning + midday.
h Reference: 1 hour.
i Reference: faculty only.
j Reference: 1–2 articles.
k Reference: <5.
l Reference: somewhat or not important.