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John R. Absher, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City

JAMA. 1990;264(24):3143.

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To the Editor.—

Peer review has been acknowledged recently in THE JOURNAL as an important process that needs to be studied carefully. The skills necessary to appraise journal articles are related directly to the peer review process, for it is these skills that are used by reviewers. The final estimation of the value of an article must be left to individual physicians. Education in critical journal appraisal is, therefore, a valuable part of the peer review process. Unfortunately, just as peer review was accepted reluctantly even among journal editors,¹ instruction in the appraisal of journal articles seems to be accepted reluctantly among medical students, despite innovative curricula.

Study. —

An evaluation was completed of computer-aided instruction designed to teach critical journal appraisal skills to medical students. Students who reviewed articles using the computer-aided instruction program were offered $20 to $25. Time requirements were from 4 to 6 hours. A . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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