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DEMONSTRATION

 

Peer Review Process and Tools for Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)

 

Kathryn Lovell, Sharon Dennis, Sebastian Uijtdehaage, Sandra McIntyre Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; University of Utah School of Medicine; David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

 

ABSTRACT:

 

The mission of HEAL (www.healcentral.org) is to provide educators with high-quality and free multimedia teaching materials in the health sciences. As HEAL is building its collection, it is of paramount importance to ensure its quality and to assist users with finding the best and most useful materials for their teaching and learning. The review process for evaluating HEAL content follows the model of peer review of scholarship, and the process is currently being established, including the development of peer review criteria, online reviewing tools, and training to standardize the input from reviewers. Online review tools are being developed in conjunction with MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching).

 

This session will provide a summary of the current status of the peer review process and currently established review categories and criteria. The training modules and the online review tools planned for use by Peer Review Board members will be demonstrated.

 

BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION:

 

The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is currently establishing a peer review process for basic science materials to ensure quality and to assist users with finding the best and most useful materials for their teaching and learning. This session will provide a summary of the current status of the peer review process and currently established review categories and criteria. The training modules and the online review tools planned for use by Peer Review Board members will be demonstrated.

 

Kathryn Lovell, Ph.D.

CHM Office of Academic Programs

A254 Life Sciences

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517.353.5440x221

Fax: 517.432.1051

mailto:lovell@msu.edu

Website: http://www.healcentral.org/

 

CO-AUTHORS:

Sharon Dennis

University of Utah School of Medicine

Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library 10 North 1900 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

mailto:sdennis@lib.med.utah.edu

 

Sebastian Uijtdehaage, Ph.D.

Sandra McIntyre

David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

60-051 CHS, Box 951722

Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: 801.585.3928

310.794.9009

mailto:bas@mednet.ucla.edu

mailto:smcintyre@mednet.ucla.edu