Jul 14, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
Is print medical literature officially dead, or are we just drowning in a digital sea of unread journal articles? On this episode of the BackTable Industry Podcast, host Anish Parikh sits down with…
George KochGuestAnish ParikhHostRuchika TalwarHostBut content like this, is that a viable way to keep up with the field or is that supplementary to, you know, the core learning?
And it's sad, too, because, you know, I was I was a medical student right around the time when we started like switching to iPads.
And so I remember like reading, you know, like printed out books, printed out chapters, you know, like writing down on my slides.
And now I sit down and I read a journal article and sometimes it can be difficult for me to like get through it without getting distracted.
You know, I think that you really have to kind of hit it from every angle and know where you can get some efficient lessons.
That's one thing where I think Backtable does a really nice job of is you can go to Backtable for brush up on a topic.
You can go to Backtable for like a very deep dive into a topic depending on kind of what the episodes are.
And the show has been around long enough where you can really search back through the archives and kind of pick what you need.
And I guess when a new paper drops, say on urethral reconstruction or fournier's management, how do you find out about it? Is that a journal alert, a colleague texts you, Twitter, back table, a variety
You know, I up until last year, the Reconstructive Journal, my subspecialty, and then the landmark journal for our specialty, the Journal of Urology, were both still paper print coming to the house.
Now, I do find it a little bit harder as journals are moving towards being, you know, digital first or digital only.
But content like this, is that a viable way to keep up with the field or is that supplementary to, you know, the core learning?
And it's sad, too, because, you know, I was I was a medical student right around the time when we started like switching to iPads.
And so I remember like reading, you know, like printed out books, printed out chapters, you know, like writing down on my slides.
And now I sit down and I read a journal article and sometimes it can be difficult for me to like get through it without getting distracted.
You know, I think that you really have to kind of hit it from every angle and know where you can get some efficient lessons.
That's one thing where I think Backtable does a really nice job of is you can go to Backtable for brush up on a topic.
You can go to Backtable for like a very deep dive into a topic depending on kind of what the episodes are.
And the show has been around long enough where you can really search back through the archives and kind of pick what you need.
And I guess when a new paper drops, say on urethral reconstruction or fournier's management, how do you find out about it? Is that a journal alert, a colleague texts you, Twitter, back table, a variety
You know, I up until last year, the Reconstructive Journal, my subspecialty, and then the landmark journal for our specialty, the Journal of Urology, were both still paper print coming to the house.
Now, I do find it a little bit harder as journals are moving towards being, you know, digital first or digital only.
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