Peer Review as Part of Quality Control and Risk Management By Jacqueline C. Eldridge Tetra Tech, Inc., Santa Barbara, California
Peer Review as Part of Quality Control and Risk Management l Concepts l Applications l Process l Benefits vs. Risks
Concepts l What is peer review? Definition Example
Concepts l What is the purpose of peer review?
Applications l Who uses peer review?
Applications l What are a peer reviewer’s qualifications?
Process l How is a peer reviewer selected?
Process l What does a peer reviewer do?
Process l Who peer reviews the peer reviewer?
Benefits vs Risks Value Added Liability
Benefits l What does the peer review process add to a document?
Benefits l What does the customer/client gain from peer review?
Benefits l What does the company (i.e., publisher) gain?
Benefits l What do the author and peer reviewer gain?
Risks l What are the risks of omitting the peer review process?
Risks l What are the risks of adding the peer review process? Process risks Reviewer risks
Risks l Process risks
Risks l Reviewer risks