BMJ  2004;328 (22 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7450.0-f

Doctors are not equipped to judge their peers

Instruments developed for physicians to rate their peers in practice are of poor quality, and their validity remains questionable. Reviewing more than 4500 papers, Evans and colleagues (p 1240) identified only three rating scales that had psychometric data about their development or their validity and reliability. None referred to a theoretical framework, and they all lacked construct and criterion validity. Instruments developed for peer assessment have not been developed in accordance with best practice, say the authors, and should be used with caution.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Article

Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians
Richard Evans, Glyn Elwyn, and Adrian Edwards
BMJ 2004 328: 1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Access jobs at BMJ Careers
Whats new online at Student BMJ