title: Peer video review and feedback improve performance in basic surgical skills.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Incorporation of home-video assessments allows flexibility in feedback but requires faculty time. Peer feedback (PF) may provide additional benefits while avoiding these constraints.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four surgical interns completed a 12-week skills curriculum with home-video assignments focused on knot tying and suturing. Interns were randomized into 2 groups: PF or faculty feedback (FF). Peers and faculty provided feedback on home videos with checklists, global rating, and comments. Learners' skills were assessed at baseline, during, and at the conclusion of the curriculum. Performance of the 2 groups as rated by experts was compared. FF and PF were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups improved from baseline, and the highest rated scores were seen on their home-video assessments. The PF group performed better at the final assessment than the FF group (effect size, .84). When using a checklist, there was no significant difference between scores given by peers and faculty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PF group performed better at the final assessment, suggesting reviewing and analyzing another's performance may improve one's own performance. With checklists as guidance, peers can serve as raters comparable to faculty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: carolyn.vaughn@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Carolyn J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew Y C
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Susannah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wyles
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco- East Bay Program, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Barnard J A
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M-593 San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Hueylan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chern
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D000068156:Formative Feedback; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010379:Peer Group; D010380:Peer Review; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000193:education*; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Peer feedback; Peer-assisted learning; Residency training; Surgical education; Surgical skills; Video-based learning