Sherri Lee Jones, Christina Caccese, Kelsey P Davis, Jimin Lew, Guillaume Elgbeili, Catherine M Herba, Julia Barnwell, Cindy Hénault Robert, Isabella Gavanski, Kristin Horsley, William D Fraser, Deborah Da Costa, Jean R Séguin, Tuong-Vi Nguyen, Tina C Montreuil
Longitudinal associations between paternal mental health and child behavior and cognition in middle childhood
Frontiers in psychology
increasing need peer reviewers scientific literature grows formal education biostatistics research methodology residency training lacking pilot study addressed issues evaluating novel method teaching residents biostatistics research methodology using peer review standardized manuscripts hypothesized mentored peer review would improve resident knowledge perception concepts nonmentored peer review improving review quality partially blinded randomized controlled multicenter study performed seventyeight neurology residents nine us neurology programs randomized receive mentoring local faculty member within year residents reviewed baseline manuscript four subsequent manuscripts introduced errors designed teach fundamental review concepts mentored group mentors discussed completed reviews residents primary outcome measure change knowledge score pre posttests measuring epidemiology biostatistics knowledge secondary outcome measures included level confidence use interpretation statistical concepts intervention rqi score baseline final manuscripts sixtyfour residents 82 completed initial review gradual decline completion subsequent reviews change primary outcome difference pre posttest knowledge scores differ mentored 85 nonmentored 139 residents p 048 significant differences secondary outcomes using 5point likert scale 5 strongly agree included mentored residents reporting enhanced understanding research methodology 369 vs 261 p 0001 understanding manuscripts 373 vs 287 p 0006 application study results clinical practice 365 vs 278 p 0005 compared nonmentored residents difference groups level interest peer review 300 vs 309 p 072 quality manuscript review assessed review quality instrument rqi 325 vs 306 p 050 used mentored peer review standardized manuscripts teach biostatistics research methodology introduce peer review process residents though knowledge level change mentored residents enhanced perception abilities understand research methodology manuscripts apply study results clinical practice