Our Journal Club is in full swing! Since March, we have had five Journal Club presentations. To recap:

March 15, 2006 (during PPC) - Standardization of Radiation Skin Care in British Columbia: A Collaborative Approach - Eileen Mallon.
April 28, 2006 - Will Improvement in Quality of Life Impact Fatigue in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Advanced Cancer - Monica Campbell
May 26, 2006 - Smoking Cessarion for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer - Patsy Concepcion
June 23, 2006 - Longitudinal Study of Symptoms and Self-Care Activities in Women Treated with Primary Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer - Sharon Galperin
July 28, 2006 - Being Informed: Undergoing Radiation Therapy - Cheryl Scott

There is still much to learn about critiquing research articles but it is our hope that with more Journal Club activities and with Gayle's assistance with our understanding of statistics, this will become easier.

Our next Journal Club articles to be presented will be about patient education in radiation. These article reviews will prepare us for our first EBP project.

So, next month (Sept. 29), we will spend our Journal Club time in the Research Medical Library doing an exercise in literature search. Don't miss it!