A Half-century Experience of Running Journal Clubs and applying Interactive Teaching-learning Methods at Orthopedic Department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Journal club is crucial in medical professions education, especially residency training. Critical evaluation allows learners to read, understand, and apply the evidence to bridge the gap between research and practice. Academic members of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Orthopedic Department have held about 2,300 weekly sessions for around 50 years, even in times of crises, to review the latest publications in orthopedics and sometimes linked their journal clubs to hospitalized cases.

Treatment of nonunion of femoral neck fracture by valgus osteotomy in 33 cases.

In spite of advances in treatment, femoral neck fractures are complicated fractures with a relatively high incidence of nonunion. Between 1990 and 2004, 33 patients with nonunion of femoral neck fractures were treated by valgus osteotomy in our department. The mean age of patients at the time of operation was 38 years (range 16-60 years).