Curriculum Development and Research Unit, Medical Education Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Med Teach. 2012;34(9):698-704. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.687488. Epub 2012 May 30.
Peer reviewing for medical education journals is an art, a privilege, a responsibility and a service to the profession. Writing a review report requires skills and commitment and takes time. Novice reviewers may be interested in participating in this service, but they might lack sufficient knowledge of their role as peer reviewers and the skills needed to conduct a comprehensive and fair review.
The aims of this article are to help novice reviewers in their preparation of manuscript review reports and improve their confidence and skills in their role as reviewers.
We reviewed the literature in this area and applied lessons learned from our experience as peer reviewers. In addition, one of the authors has presented several training workshops for faculty reviewers.
Incorporating all the methods described, we have developed a series of simple strategies that medical educators can utilise to perform high-quality reviews of manuscripts.
Though the development of skills in reviewing medical education papers is the outcome of continuous practice and experience; the strategies described in this article will be of value to those starting their professional contribution as reviewers and enhance their skills in this area.
医学教育期刊的同行评审是一门艺术、一种特权、一份责任和一项专业服务。撰写评审报告需要技巧和投入，并且需要时间。新手评审员可能有兴趣参与这项服务，但他们可能对自己作为同行评审员的角色以及进行全面和公正评审所需的技能了解不足。
本文旨在帮助新手评审员准备稿件评审报告，并提高他们作为评审员的信心和技能。
我们回顾了该领域的文献，并借鉴了我们作为同行评审员的经验教训。此外，其中一位作者还为教师评审员举办了多次培训研讨会。
我们结合所有描述的方法，开发了一系列简单的策略，医学教育者可以利用这些策略对稿件进行高质量的评审。
尽管审查医学教育论文的技能的发展是持续实践和经验的结果；但本文描述的策略对于那些刚开始作为评审员做出专业贡献的人将具有价值，并增强他们在这一领域的技能。
