title: A pilot study of peer review in residency training.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the utility of peer review (review by fellow interns or residents in the firm) as an additional method of evaluation in a university categorical internal medicine residency program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Senior residents and interns were asked to complete evaluations of interns at the end-of-month ward rotations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rates for senior residents evaluating 16 interns were 70%; for interns evaluating interns, 35%. Analysis of 177 instruments for 16 interns showed high internal consistency in the evaluations. Factor analysis supported a two-dimensional view of clinical competence. Correlations between faculty, senior resident, and intern assessments of interns were good, although varied by domain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An end-of-year attitude survey found that residents gave high ratings to the value of feedback from peers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Gebo
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hellmann
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires