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Are journal clubs effective in supporting evidence-based decision making? A systematic review. BEME Guide No. 16.

Janet Harris University of Sheffield, UK; JANET HARRIS, PhD, is Course Director for the MPH in Management and Leadership at the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. She is a co-convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group and is currently conducting several realist syntheses in the areas of patient education.Correspondence[email protected]
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Karen Kearley University of Oxford, UK; KAREN KEARLEY is a General Practitioner in central Oxford, a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Primary Care and a member of the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, University of Oxford. Her research and teaching interests include evidence-based practice, mental health and asthma.
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Carl Heneghan University of Oxford, UK; CARL HENEGHAN, Dr, BA, MRCGP, is Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, and a General Practitioner. He is also co-director of the Oxford Centre for Monitoring and Diagnosis.
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Emma Meats University of Oxford, UK
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Nia Roberts University of Oxford, UK; NIA WYN ROBERTS is an outreach librarian at Bodleian Health Care Libraries. She is also an information specialist on the horizon scanning project at MaDOx, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford.
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Rafael Perera University of Oxford, UK; RAFAEL PERERA is a Senior Research Fellow in Statistics at University of Oxford, where he works with the Oxford Childhood Infection Study Group (OXCIS) and the Evidence Based Medicine Group (EBM).
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Katharine Kearley-Shiers Severn School of Primary Care, Bristol, UK; KATHARINE KEARLEY-SHIERS is in GP Speciality Training, Bristol, Severn School of Primary Care.
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