Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate the impact of introducing evidence based orthodontics journal club on the performance of postgraduate
residents using a structured pre-test and post-test.
Study Design and Setting: The comparitive cross sectional study was conducted among the orthodontic postgraduate
residents (n=30) of third year and final year at the orthodontic department at de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore.
Methodology: Present study was conducted among the orthodontic postgraduate residents (n=30) of third year and final
year at the orthodontic department at de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore. Questions were extracted from the
journal club articles. These questions were structured and used in journal club as pre-test and post-test during the academic
year 2015-16 and comparison of the performance in the pre-test and post-test over the course of the year was done.
Results: The results of pre-test showed a statistically significant increase during the academic year (p=0.031). Performance
in the post-test also showed a statistically significant increase during the academic year (p=0.001).
Conclusion: The redesigning of structured pre and post test in orthodontic journal club resulted in significant improvement
in the performance of postgraduate orthodontic residents
