Peer Review is open to current SGIM members only. 

Clinical Vignettes

Scientific Abstracts

Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Innovations in Medical Education

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Clinical Vignettes

Peer Review Criteria:

1. Important Clinical Problem: To what extent does the abstract illustrate an important clinical problem(s) commonly encountered by internists, such as diagnostic, therapeutic, or management dilemma?
2. Insight into Clinical Practice, Education, or Research: To what extent does the abstract provide insight into clinical practice, education or research in either outpatient or hospital settings?
3. Relevance to General Internal Medicine: To what extent does the abstract offer a diagnosis, physical examination, or management pearl that is important to general internists?
4. Quality of Writing: Is the writing clear and organized to effectively communicate findings?

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Scientific Abstracts

Peer Review Criteria:

1. Importance of the Research Question to General Internists: To what extent does the abstract address a topic that is important and to what degree will the results advance concepts in General Internal Medicine?

2. Strength and Appropriateness of Methods

   • Is the study design clearly described?

   • Are sampling procedures adequately described, including inclusion and exclusion criteria; is there potential selection bias?

   • Are the measures reliable and valid?

   • Are possible confounding factors addressed?

   • Are the statistical analyses appropriate for the study design, and are they the best that could have been used?

   • Is there discussion of the statistical power?

3. Validity of Conclusions and Implications

   • Are conclusions clearly stated and justified by the data?

   • Are implications strong enough to influence how clinicians/teachers/researchers “act” in clinical practice, teaching, or future research?

4. Quality of Writing: is the writing clear and organized to effectively communicate findings?

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Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Peer Review Criteria: 

1. Relevance/Importance: Is this topic clearly stated, important and relevant to the practice of GIM? Does it fill an unmet need and would implementation lead to an improvement in clinical practice?
2. Creativity/Originality: How novel is either the problem being addressed or the mechanism of intervention?
3. Methods: Is the study design, including objectives, target audience, and intervention, clearly described? Are the quantitative or qualitative assessments used appropriate for this innovation?
4. Findings/Measures of Success: Are measures of success clear? Are the findings to date clearly presented?
5. Feasibility/Generalizability: Are the organizational context, complexity, cost, and resource utilization appropriately described as appropriate? Are the results generalizable, i.e., could this innovation be implemented at other institutions?

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Innovations in Medical Education

Peer Review Criteria: 

1. Objective or Purpose of Innovation: are the objectives/purpose of the Innovation clear, measurable, and appropriate for the target audience?
2. Appropriate Methods
   • Is the intervention well described? Are teaching method(s) appropriate to meet defined objectives?
   • Are assessment measures adequate to evaluate outcomes? 
   • Do methods use or create a standard that can be replicated?
3. Evaluation or Measure of Success:
   • Are measures of success appropriate and clear?
   • Are areas for improvement discussed?
   • Are results interpreted accurately?
   • Are conclusions clearly stated and supported?
   • Are implications fully appropriate? 
4. Degree of Innovation
   
   • Is this work truly innovative, i.e. do authors show that it is a novel concept or an implementation not done elsewhere?
   • Does it fill an unmet need?
   • Has the innovation been explored or pursued before?
   • Will the innovation fill gaps that may yet be unrealized in the medical education community?
5. Potential for Broader Impact
   
   • Is it more than an adaptation to local needs?
   • Is the innovation feasible elsewhere?
   • Does the abstract convey how the innovation can be implemented?
   • Is there reflection on lessons learned, and what may be valuable to others?
   • Will the innovation be simple to adapt to other programs?

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