Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify existing instruments for rating peers (professional colleagues) in medical practice and to evaluate them in terms of how they have been developed, their validity and reliability, and their appropriateness for use in clinical settings, including primary care.

Design

Systematic literature review.

Data sources

Electronic search techniques, snowball sampling, and correspondence with specialists.

Study selection

The peer assessment instruments identified were evaluated in terms of how they were developed and to what extent, if relevant, their psychometric properties had been determined.

Results

A search of six electronic databases identified 4566 possible articles. After appraisal of the abstracts and in depth assessment of 42 articles,

SUBMITTER: Evans R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC416602 | biostudies-literature | 2004 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature