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The elective focuses on Core EPA 7; the ability of the learner to form clinical questions and retrieve evidence to advance patient care. The course allows students to practice information seeking behaviors and assess their uncertainty in appraising and utilizing clinical evidence in clinical scenarios. This elective optimizes the student-doctor experience by focusing on past, and current experiences in the clinical setting and working through ambiguity in the medical literature to increase learner confidence in critical appraise and evaluation skills. Using the format of a Journal Club presentation, students will present a topic using PICOTT and practice delivery using plain language in a patient care scenario. Both pre/post tests will be used to aid the learner in identifying behavioral and knowledge gaps associated with EPA 7 competencies and assist the learner on focusing on those deficiencies in the 4th year of medical school.