<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><b style=""><font face="Calibri">A combination primer on how to evaluate the surgical literature and summary of the most important surgical papers of recent decades</font></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri">With the acceptance of evidence-based medicine as the gold-standard of clinical care, there is tremendous pressure on students and residents to make decisions based on available clinical evidence.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Many novice clinicians<span style="">&nbsp; </span>do not feel they are equipped to meet this challenge for two reasons: the limited time they have to read the vast amount of primary sources and the challenge to identify what is the most relevant literature. <i style="">Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery</i>is specifically written to remedy this situation. </font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>A unique two-in-one resource,<i style="">Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery </i>is a complete primer on how to efficiently evaluate the surgical literature, plus a summary of the most important surgical papers of the past few decades.<span style="">&nbsp;</span>The authors have created an index of landmark papers within the fields of general surgery that trainees can refer to throughout their medical school clerkship or general surgery residency. The authors provide clear, succinct summaries of these papers enabling readers to understand the developments that have shaped their specialty and continue to inform clinical practice today.<span style="">&nbsp;</span>By improving a trainee’s comfort level with this knowledge, it will foster reliance on primary sources and encourage evidence-based medicine.</font></p><p class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><font face="Calibri">Articles are arranged by subspecialty fields of general surgery</font></p><p class="x_MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent:-0.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span style="font:7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><font face="Calibri">Each article summary is accompanied by brief commentary explaining why the paper was included and why it is relevant to current practice</font></p>