A guide to peer reviewing medical education scholarship: Advice from editors of AEM Education and Training

[para. 1]: "Peer reviews in medical education can seem intimidating and the quality of reviews can vary widely. Many journals (including Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training [AEM E&T]) provide scores for peer reviewers based on the quality of their reviews. While we share our reviewer scores each year, reviewers have asked how they could improve their reviewer scores and the strength of their reviews. As members of the editorial board for AEM E&T, we sought to share our insights and advice for creating a high-quality peer review of medical education research. To address this need, we identified some of the common reasons for lower scoring reviews and features of higher scoring reviews to guide reviewers in the spirit of education and continual improvement."