Peer Review Interrater Reliability of Scientific Abstracts: A Study of an Anesthesia Subspecialty Society

摘要

BackgroundPresentation of scientific abstracts is an important function of medical specialty and subspecialty societies. Selection is typically performed by the means of a peer review process. The validity and reliability of the peer review is under examination. The purpose of this study was to determine the interrater reliability of abstract assessment by a subspecialty organization at their Annual Winter meeting. The subspecialty society was selected on the basis of representing the median number for membership and abstracts.