title: Development of a peer teaching-assessment program and a peer observation and evaluation tool.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a formalized, comprehensive, peer-driven teaching assessment program and a valid and reliable assessment tool.
  
  
  METHODS
  A volunteer taskforce was formed and a peer-assessment program was developed using a multistep, sequential approach and the Peer Observation and Evaluation Tool (POET). A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency and practicality of the process and to establish interrater reliability of the tool. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ICCs for 8 separate lectures evaluated by 2-3 observers ranged from 0.66 to 0.97, indicating good interrater reliability of the tool.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our peer assessment program for large classroom teaching, which includes a valid and reliable evaluation tool, is comprehensive, feasible, and can be adopted by other schools of pharmacy.
authors.affiliation: Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: Margarita V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: DiVall
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonyeau
authors.forename: Jenny A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Van Amburgh
authors.forename: S James
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qualters