The Benefits of a Medical Journal Watch
What is a medical journal watch?
A medical journal watch is a newsletter series written for medical professionals. It is a timely report on a variety of medical studies. The role of a medical journal watch is to survey the newest literature in order to select and summarize the most noteworthy articles.
What can a medical journal watch do for you?
- A medical journal watch can save you time. It offers medical professionals the opportunity to scan medical literature efficiently and effectively. Instead of reading and researching hundreds of journals you can scan one single concentrated and succinct newsletter.
- A medical journal watch can save you money. Subscriptions to medical journals range from $100 - $400 annually. A medical journal watch will typically cover hundreds of journals. This allows its readers to limit their subscriptions to a few focused journals.
- A medical journal watch can keep you current. It typically reports on new studies in the month within which they are published. A medical journal watch is usually released on a monthly basis.
A medical journal watch will save you time searching, scanning and reading. Even if you had the time to read all the most interesting studies, you would not have the time to find them and screen them for relevance.
In the last 60 days, Pubmed's core clinical journals included 1,453 new English studies concerning humans. Scanning this complete roster of studies would take hours.
Scanning journals is by necessity a continuous process. In order to stay current with the latest published studies you would have to scan medical journals on an ongoing basis. Considering the volume of new articles published each month, it would be easy to fall behind. A medical journal watch makes it possible to consistently stay current with new and relevant studies.