Trial reportJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2013
Student peer assessment in evidence-based medicine (EBM) searching skills training: an experiment.
Trial report in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Methods of teaching evidence-based practice: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2022Pooled it
- Instructional methods used by health sciences librarians to teach evidence-based practice (EBP): a systematic review.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2016Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a question formulation rubric with second-year medical students: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2023Trial
- Peer assessment to improve medical student's contributions to team-based projects: randomised controlled trial and qualitative follow-up.BMC medical education · 2019Trial
- Educational interventions for improving health-related literature searching skills of health professionals and students.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Evaluating search quality and article choice in evidence-based medicine assignments of preclinical students.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2025Article
- Peer Feedback: Recommendations for Behavior Analysts' Training and Supervision.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Review
- Highlighting a valuable dimension in health care librarianship: A systematic review.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2018Article
- Effectiveness of training intervention to improve medical student's information literacy skills.Korean journal of medical education · 2016Article
- Flipping one-shot library instruction: using Canvas and Pecha Kucha for peer teaching.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2016Article
- How are medical students trained to locate biomedical information to practice evidence-based medicine? A review of the 2007-2012 literature.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2014Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundStudent peer assessment (SPA) has been used intermittently in medical education for more than four decades, particularly in connection with skills training. SPA generally has not been rigorously tested, so medical educators have limited evidence about SPA effectiveness.
methodsEXPERIMENTAL
designSeventy-one first-year medical students were stratified by previous test scores into problem-based learning tutorial groups, and then these assigned groups were randomized further into intervention and control groups. All students received evidence-based medicine (EBM) training. Only the intervention group members received SPA training, practice with assessment rubrics, and then application of anonymous SPA to assignments submitted by other members of the intervention group.
resultsStudents in the intervention group had higher mean scores on the formative test with a potential maximum score of 49 points than did students in the control group, 45.7 and 43.5, respectively (P = 0.06).
conclusionsSPA training and the application of these skills by the intervention group resulted in higher scores on formative tests compared to those in the control group, a difference approaching statistical significance. The extra effort expended by librarians, other personnel, and medical students must be factored into the decision to use SPA in any specific educational context. IMPLICATIONS: SPA has not been rigorously tested, particularly in medical education. Future, similarly rigorous studies could further validate use of SPA so that librarians can optimally make use of limited contact time for information skills training in medical school curricula.
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