The Reviewer Academy of the Society of Critical Care Medicine: Key Principles and Strategic Plan

Abstract

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Reviewer Academy seeks to train and establish a community of trusted, reliable, and skilled peer reviewers with diverse backgrounds and interests to promote high-quality reviews for each of the SCCM journals. Goals of the Academy include building accessible resources to highlight qualities of excellent manuscript reviews; educating and mentoring a diverse group of healthcare professionals; and establishing and upholding standards for insightful and informative reviews. This manuscript will map the mission of the Reviewer Academy with a succinct summary of the importance of peer review, process of reviewing a manuscript, and the expected ethical standards of reviewers. We will equip readers to target concise, thoughtful feedback as peer reviewers, advance their understanding of the editorial process and inspire readers to integrate medical journalism into diverse professional careers.

Writing for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Engaging With Citations to References in the Chatbot Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Era

“…Rather, we can use the opportunity of the ChatGPT-era to have a new approach that supports a reader-focused, structured engagement of cited references. This framework also adds to the 2023 initiative of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Reviewer Academy (22).…”

2023 in Review

“…These findings are to be expected because our reviewers are our editorial writers. As we look to 2024, PCCM welcomes all volunteers and for those who are interested, please read the 2023 publication about the "reviewer academy" of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) (7).…”