PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Teachman, Gail
AU  - Lévesque, Martine C.
AU  - Keboa, Mark Tambe
AU  - Danish, Basem Adel
AU  - Mastorakis, Konstantinos
AU  - Noronha, Crystal
AU  - dos Santos, Raissa Passos
AU  - Singh, Harprit K.
AU  - Macdonald, Mary Ellen
TI  - Group Peer Review
AID  - 10.1525/irqr.2018.11.4.452
DP  - 2018 Nov 01
TA  - International Review of Qualitative Research
PG  - 452--466
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
4099  - http://irqr.ucpress.edu/content/11/4/452.short
4100  - http://irqr.ucpress.edu/content/11/4/452.full
AB  - Invitation to review a manuscript for publication marks an exciting milestone in graduate and postgraduate students’ training. Yet, peer reviewing is seldom explicitly taught. First-time reviewers approaching this task often lack mentorship, guidelines, and confidence. The ongoing debate about how to judge the quality of qualitative research can further complicate the task. In this article, we introduce an innovative model for conducting group peer reviews in the context of qualitative research training. After setting out the model’s principles and process, we discuss its merits and reflect on our experiences as trainees and supervisor using the approach. In addition to providing opportunities for mentorship in appraisal methods, writing strategies, and approaches for framing constructive feedback, we suggest the model has the potential to advance trainees’ development as collegial peers and their overall learning as qualitative researchers. Finally, we discuss potential ways forward to extend the model in other contexts.