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Objective: To evaluate the impact of introducing evidence based orthodontics journal club on the performance of postgraduateresidents using a structured pre-test and post-test.Study Design and Setting: The comparitive cross sectional study was conducted among the orthodontic postgraduateresidents (n=30) of third year and final year at the orthodontic department at de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore.Methodology: Present study was conducted among the orthodontic postgraduate residents (n=30) of third year and finalyear at the orthodontic department at de’Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore. Questions were extracted from thejournal club articles. These questions were structured and used in journal club as pre-test and post-test during the academicyear 2015-16 and comparison of the performance in the pre-test and post-test over the course of the year was done.Results: The results of pre-test showed a statistically significant increase during the academic year (p=0.031). Performancein the post-test also showed a statistically significant increase during the academic year (p=0.001).Conclusion: The redesigning of structured pre and post test in orthodontic journal club resulted in significant improvementin the performance of postgraduate orthodontic residents.