Peer Review Process

All PedsCases content undergoes a rigorous peer review process. Our peer review team includes staff pediatricians and senior pediatric residents with significant experience in developing educational resources. All submissions are reviewed by a member of the peer review team to help ensure accuracy and quality, and provide suggested revisions. Only once a submission is revised to meet the peer review teams standards, then it can be accepted for publication.

Starting on August 2023, we have enhanced our peer review process for our PedsCases Podcasts by using a standardized quality metric. The Revised Medical Education Translational Resources: Impact and Quality (rMETRIQ) score was developed through a rigorous consensus building process by experts in free open-access medical education (see below). Our team will use the rMETRIQ when reviewing content and will suggest revisions based on the score.

Review #1: Completed by the preceptor (i.e. staff physician with expertise in the content area) that the student has selected

Review #2: Completed by a senior member of the PedsCases team (Drs. Lewis, Gill, Forbes, Novak, Shapka, Padda, Poon, Jensen, and Bhatla).

Review #3+: Completed by both the preceptor and the PedsCases senior members if needed.