AMIA 2024 | Peer Review Guidelines

The goal of the Conference is to present a broadly-based program that speaks to the wide range of attendees with a balance of theory and practice, inviting new ideas and concepts that may stimulate additional interest, involvement and educational benefit. In keeping with ongoing membership discussions about diversity and inclusion, we have urged proposers to use the conference sessions as an opportunity to include new voices and offer diverse viewpoints.

Each reviewer receives a package of information that includes the evaluation criteria and the conference proposals for review. We ask that you provide comments and feedback on at least 10 proposals within your area(s) of expertise but encourage you to comment on as many as you have time to review.

• Please do not review any proposal that you are involved in or has been proposed by a close colleague.
• While we encourage you to review proposals that may be outside of your areas of expertise, please note that in your comments.
• The Review form accepts one proposal per form, and once you click “submit” the form will route you to a new form for your next proposal.

Peer Review includes evaluating the overall quality of the proposal and considering these questions:

• Is there new information being presented?
• Is the topic timely? Does it reflect current discussions in the field?
• Is there an effort to bring in new voices and diverse viewpoints on the subject?
• How broad an audience does this topic speak to?
• Has the topic been discussed already or been repeated frequently?
• Is there a speaker outlined that is crucial to the success of the panel?
• If a single presenter, does the proposal outline a clear perspective?
• If a panel presentation, is this a balanced point of view presented or are there other areas to be considered?

Using the criteria above, please assign a value of 1-6 for the proposal, with 1 the lowest value, indicating that it shouldn’t be programmed, and 6 as the highest value, indicating that the proposal is exceptional.

Other Considerations

• AMIA policy is that speakers may only speak at two sessions during the conference. In the case of multiple proposals, comments about speakers are critical, especially when a speaker is essential to the success of a proposal.
• Sessions should appeal to a number of attendees – please consider how broad or narrow a topic might be.
• If there are proposals that you feel overlap with others, please note it in your comments.

Content Balance

The Committee uses the notes from peer review to program a balance of sessions and workshop topics. Please note what general areas the proposal speaks to – the categories are, but aren’t limited to:

Peer Review Deadline is Wednesday, July 10, 2024