Abstract

The concept of peer review has been around form more than 300 years (Weller, 2001) and professional organizations have used peer reviewers to further their practices since the 18th century (Adler & Abraham, 2009; Kronick, 1990). However, many organizations and associations have yet to employ structured education and training for their peer reviewers. The purpose of this presentation will be to discuss how one association translated the use of educational rubrics into a tool utilized by peer reviewers for provider-directed, provider-paced educational abstract submissions. Rubrics have been used as a guide to establish and communicate standards to nursing students for years when developing a paper or a project. The standards set by rubrics assure educational objectives are met and nursing standards of practice are integrated. The importance of using rubrics will be emphasized as a way to decrease subjective judgment and increase consistency and the quality of abstract submissions.

Author Details

Matthew S. Howard, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, CPN - Director of Education Resources, Sigma; Sarah E. Abel, MSN, RN, CEN - Manager of Education, Sigma

Sigma Membership

Alpha

Lead Author Affiliation

Emergency Nurses Association, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Rubrics, Abstract Review, Educational Abstract Submissions

Conference Name

45th Annual Professional Nurse Educator Group Converence

Conference Host

Professional Nurse Educator Group

Conference Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2018

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Review Type

Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host

Acquisition

Self-submission

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Communicating Expectations: Development of an Abstract Reviewer Rubric

Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

The concept of peer review has been around form more than 300 years (Weller, 2001) and professional organizations have used peer reviewers to further their practices since the 18th century (Adler & Abraham, 2009; Kronick, 1990). However, many organizations and associations have yet to employ structured education and training for their peer reviewers. The purpose of this presentation will be to discuss how one association translated the use of educational rubrics into a tool utilized by peer reviewers for provider-directed, provider-paced educational abstract submissions. Rubrics have been used as a guide to establish and communicate standards to nursing students for years when developing a paper or a project. The standards set by rubrics assure educational objectives are met and nursing standards of practice are integrated. The importance of using rubrics will be emphasized as a way to decrease subjective judgment and increase consistency and the quality of abstract submissions.