1. Peer Review as Part of Quality Control and Risk Management By Jacqueline C. Eldridge Tetra Tech, Inc., Santa Barbara, California

2. Peer Review as Part of Quality Control and Risk Management l Concepts l Applications l Process l Benefits vs. Risks

3. Concepts l What is peer review? Definition Example

4. Concepts l What is the purpose of peer review?

5. Applications l Who uses peer review?

6. Applications l What are a peer reviewer’s qualifications?

7. Process l How is a peer reviewer selected?

8. Process l What does a peer reviewer do?

9. Process l Who peer reviews the peer reviewer?

10. Benefits vs Risks Value Added Liability

11. Benefits l What does the peer review process add to a document?

12. Benefits l What does the customer/client gain from peer review?

13. Benefits l What does the company (i.e., publisher) gain?

14. Benefits l What do the author and peer reviewer gain?

15. Risks l What are the risks of omitting the peer review process?

16. Risks l What are the risks of adding the peer review process? Process risks Reviewer risks

17. Risks l Process risks

18. Risks l Reviewer risks