Call for Applicants: AWS-SURGERY Reviewer Academy
EXTENDED! Applications Deadline November 10, 2024
Calling all mentors and mentees! Join the Association of Women Surgeons and SURGERY for a 12-month program where you will learn why and how to peer review, how to review a manuscript, basic statistical understanding, diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, how to get involved in peer review, and more!
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About the Program:
- 12-month program (11/2024-12/2025)
- 12 mentees and 12 mentors
- Formal Peer Review Curriculum (monthly webinars):
- Why and How to Peer Review
- How to Review a Manuscript
- Basic statistical understanding
- Diversity Equity, and Inclusion Issues
- How to Get Involved in Peer Review
- Journal Club
- And More!
- Opportunity to review three (3) manuscripts per year for major surgical journals (including SURGERY and the American Journal of Surgery)
- With oversight from mentors
- Online message board to facilitate mentor-mentee discussion and feedback
- Guest appearances from SURGERY Editors-in-Chief and AWS Editors
- Certificate of Completion at the end of the program
Applicant Requirements:
- Statement of Interest (mentors and mentees)
- CV or Biosketch (mentors and mentees)
- Permission to participate from Program Director (mentees only)
Requirements for Mentees
- Must be AWS member
- Must be in surgical residency or fellowship
- Willing to commit to monthly webinars (80% attendance required)
- Willing to review three (3) manuscripts over the course of the year
Requirements for Mentors:
- Must be AWS member
- Must be in surgical practice
- Must have experience doing peer review
- Willing to attend monthly webinars and give/host one webinar per year
- Willing to mentor mentees through peer review of three (3) manuscripts per year
Additional Questions?
Email Reviewer Academy Program Directors:
Libby Weaver: [email protected]
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