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Anesth Analg 2006;102:1501-1503
© 2006 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000200314.73035.4d

ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Peer Review Interrater Concordance of Scientific Abstracts: A Study of Anesthesiology Subspecialty and Component Societies

Ira Todd Cohen, MD, FAAP, and Kantilal Patel, PhD

Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ira Todd Cohen, MD, Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010. Address e-mail to icohen{at}cnmc.org.

Abstracts presented at anesthesiology subspeciality and component society meetings are chosen by peer review. We assessed this process by examining selection criteria and determining interrater concordance. For the societies studied, the level of reviewer agreement ranged from poor to moderate, i.e., slightly better than by chance alone. We hypothesize that having clearer evaluation criteria, scoring systems with interval scales, and assessment based on quality can strengthen the peer review process.




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