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Weaver ML, Drudi LM, Adams AM, Faria I, Feldman HA, Gudmundsdottir H, Marmor H, Miles MVP, Ochoa B, Ruff SM, Sundland R, Tonelli C, Altieri MS, Cannada LK, Dewan K, Etkin Y, Marmor R, Plichta JK, Reyna C, Tatebe LC, Hicks CW. Implementation of a novel peer review academy by Surgery and the Association of Women Surgeons. Surgery 2024; 175:323-330. [PMID: 37953152 PMCID: PMC10842028 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A novel Peer Review Academy was developed as a collaborative effort between the Association of Women Surgeons and the journal Surgery to provide formal training in peer review. We aimed to describe the outcomes of this initiative using a mixed methods approach. METHODS We developed a year-long curriculum with monthly online didactic sessions. Women surgical trainee mentees were paired 1:1 with rotating women surgical faculty mentors for 3 formal peer review opportunities. We analyzed pre-course and post-course surveys to evaluate mentee perceptions of the academy and assessed changes in mentee review quality over time with blinded scoring of unedited reviews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted upon course completion. RESULTS Ten women surgical faculty mentors and 10 women surgical trainees from across the United States and Canada successfully completed the Peer Review Academy. There were improvements in the mentees' confidence for all domains of peer review evaluated, including overall confidence in peer review, study novelty, study design, analytic approach, and review formatting (all, P ≤ .02). The mean score of peer review quality increased over time (59.2 ± 10.8 vs 76.5 ± 9.4; P = .02). In semi-structured interviews, important elements were emphasized across the Innovation, Implementation Process, and Individuals Domains, including the values of (1) a comprehensive approach to formal peer review education; (2) mentoring relationships between women faculty and resident surgeons; and (3) increasing diversity in the scientific peer review process. CONCLUSION Our novel Peer Review Academy was feasible on a national scale, resulting in significant qualitative and quantitative improvements in women surgical trainee skillsets, and has the potential to grow and diversify the existing peer review pool.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Libby Weaver
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de L'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
| | - Alexandra M Adams
- Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
| | - Isabella Faria
- Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
| | - Hope A Feldman
- Department of General Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
| | | | - Hannah Marmor
- Department of Surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
| | - M Victoria P Miles
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
| | - Brielle Ochoa
- Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
| | - Samantha M Ruff
- Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
| | | | - Celsa Tonelli
- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
| | - Maria S Altieri
- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
| | - Lisa K Cannada
- Novant Health Fracture Clinic, University of North Carolina-Charlotte School of Medicine, Charlotte, NC
| | - Karuna Dewan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
| | - Yana Etkin
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY
| | - Rebecca Marmor
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
| | | | - Chantal Reyna
- Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
| | - Leah C Tatebe
- Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
| | - Caitlin W Hicks
- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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