BACKGROUND: We report an editorial club as a novel method of teaching systems-based competency in a hematology/oncology fellowship program. METHOD: Editorial clubs focus on topics of broad economic, political, and legal ramifications of hematology/oncology and thereby help to develop systems competency as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. RESULTS: We began our program in 2001 and report on its functioning and outcome in a group of hematology/oncology fellows at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. CONCLUSION: Topics were diverse, fellows and faculty attendance was excellent, and fellows reported improved systems-based competency.
BACKGROUND: We report an editorial club as a novel method of teaching systems-based competency in a hematology/oncology fellowship program. METHOD:Editorial clubs focus on topics of broad economic, political, and legal ramifications of hematology/oncology and thereby help to develop systems competency as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. RESULTS: We began our program in 2001 and report on its functioning and outcome in a group of hematology/oncology fellows at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. CONCLUSION: Topics were diverse, fellows and faculty attendance was excellent, and fellows reported improved systems-based competency.