title: Development, implementation and evaluation of a peer review of teaching (PRoT) initiative in nursing education.
abstract: For many years, an area of research in higher education has been emerging around the development and implementation of fair and effective peer evaluation programs. Recently, a new body of knowledge has developed regarding the development and implementation of fair and effective peer evaluation programs resulting in formative and summative evaluations. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a peer review of teaching (PRoT) program for nursing faculty, initiated at one small comprehensive university in the northeastern United States. Pairs of nursing faculty evaluated each other's teaching, syllabi, and course materials after collaborating in a pre-evaluation conference to discuss goals of the classroom visit. Qualitative data gathered in post project focus groups revealed that faculty found their modified PRoT process to be a mutually beneficial experience that was more useful, flexible and collegial, and less stressful than their previous evaluation process.
authors.forename: Diana R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: Meredith W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kazer
authors.forename: Jaclyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conelius
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: Doris T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Lippman
authors.forename: Roben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torosyan
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nantz
mesh_terms: D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005246:Feedback; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010380:Peer Review; D013663:Teaching