The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (JEBDP) will begin offering continuing education units (CEUs) to its recognized experts and valued peer reviewers, according to Elsevier, publisher of the journal.
With this new policy, the journal becomes one of the first U.S. dental journals, and the first publication in the area of evidence-based dentistry, to award CEUs to reviewers, Elsevier noted.
"We view this as a tangible way of rewarding and expressing appreciation to our dedicated peer reviewers," said Michael Newman, D.D.S., professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry and editor-in-chief of JEBDP, in a press release.
Under the new program, reviewers will be entitled to claim up to 15 CEUs per year for their work in evaluating and developing content for the journal. Credits will be awarded by the Continuing Dental Education Program at the UCLA School of Dentistry.
"Awarding CEUs is especially appropriate in light of our journal's unique article analysis and evaluations (AAEs)," said Bruce Dye, D.D.S., senior associate editor of JEBDP.
The AAEs are miniarticles in which the reviewer actually creates authoritative analysis on topics of clinical importance, providing concise, structured summaries of new articles of interest. Reviews are accompanied by ratings of levels of evidence, commentaries, and recommendations, with an emphasis on objectivity. The AAEs are indexed in Medline by the name of the author/reviewer.
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