Abstract
The widespread dissemination of high-quality research facilitates keeping up to date with evidence-based practice, but the vast quantity can be overwhelming to physicians and surgeons. Information graphics, abbreviated to infographics, convey information using visualisations and images in an engaging manner. This format of presenting research format is preferable to 80% of clinicians when compared to text articles, and the long-term retention of information has been shown to be improve by a factor of 6.5 when methods were compared. Journal club was audited in our institution over 3 months. A multi-choice questionnaire was constructed weekly so as to test the attendees' recall of the research presented on a weekly basis. After five weeks, infographics were introduced, and the attendees' recall was assessed again on a weekly basis at the end of each journal club. The introduction of infographics to journal club saw improved test results from the journal club attendees. Not only was information retention improved, but the duration of journal club reduced following the intervention. Research can be disseminated efficiently using infographics in place of conventional journal club presentations. Satisfaction rates among clinicians, both with information retention and journal club duration, demonstrate the benefit of their use in teaching hospitals.
