Background: In October 2009, Cochrane and Wiley-Blackwell launched the Cochrane Journal Club (CJC) http://www.cochranejournalclub.com/ to promote an increase in awareness of research, educate students to critique and use research findings, and to aid in the translation of research into practice. By the time of the Colloquium, the CJC will have been published monthly for almost two years. In order to continue to meet the needs of the users the CJC needs to reflect on the number and type of users and whether the initial objectives are still being met.

Objectives: To analyze data for the first 18 months to find out who is using the Cochrane Journal Club in terms of numbers to the site, job type and country. To survey a random sample of users to find out whether CJC met their educational requirements.

Methods: Since the first issue visitor-data, including country and job type, has been collected. Users are also invited to 'join the club’ and register. It is a sample of these users who will be invited to provide information regarding educational use via an online survey.

Results: Eighteen months of visitor data will be analysed and presented; early indications are that over 3,200 unique users visit the site each month, with just under 1000 users returning each month. To date, just over 4,200 have registered to join the Cochrane Journal Club and to receive email alerts about new journal club topics.

Conclusion: Early indications are that the Cochrane Journal Club user-numbers have exceeded expectations, but through the online user survey we need to ensure that the content supplied meets and continues to meet the educational requirements of these users.