title: Reliability assessment of a peer evaluation instrument in a team-based learning course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the reliability of a peer evaluation instrument in a longitudinal team-based learning setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Student pharmacists were instructed to evaluate the contributions of their peers. Evaluations were analyzed for the variance of the scores by identifying low, medium, and high scores. Agreement between performance ratings within each group of students was assessed via intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found little variation in the standard deviation (SD) based on the score means among the high, medium, and low scores within each group. The lack of variation in SD of results between groups suggests that the peer evaluation instrument produces precise results. The ICC showed strong concordance among raters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings suggest that our student peer evaluation instrument provides a reliable method for peer assessment in team-based learning settings.
authors.affiliation: Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Kingsville, TX; & Clinical Pharmacist, Physicians Health Plan, Sparrow Health Systems. Lansing, MI ( United States ). joy.wahawisan@phpmm.org.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wahawisan
authors.affiliation: Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Kingsville, TX ( United States ). msalazar@pharmacy.tamhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.affiliation: Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Kingsville, TX ( United States ). rwalters@pharmacy.tamhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.affiliation: Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Kingsville, TX ( United States ). alkhateeb@pharmacy.tamhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Fadi M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy, West Virginia University . Morgantown, WV ( United States ). oattarabeen@hsc.wvu.edu.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Attarabeen
keywords: Cooperative Behavior; Curriculum; Education; Educational Measurement; Pharmacy; Students; United States