Suite aux remarques du billet du 31 mai 2012.
Je rencontre parfois des praticiens qui ne savent pas que la relecture d'article avant publication, à la 
demande d'une revue (peer review), est une activité de formation reconnue dans certains pays. En Amérique du nord, la relecture d'un article pour une revue indexée dans Medline permet d'acquérir 3 crédits de formation continue, selon les règles de l'American Medical Association, l'organisation qui attribue les crédits. Nous recevons de certaines revues des crédits après avoir relu un article (par exemple BMJ en Europe). Attention, le critère a été 'durci' aux USA, car il faut que votre analyse soit jugée "acceptable" par le rédacteur.
Je reprends les règles telles qu'elles sont définies par l'AMA :
"Manuscript review is a certified CME activity in which a physician learns through the critical review of an assigned journal manuscript.To be certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, a manuscript review activity must:
- Meet all AMA core requirements for certifying an activity.
- Involve a review of an article that has been submitted for publication in a journal that is included in the MEDLINE bibliographic database.
- Involve a review of a manuscript that is an original contribution to the medical literature that requires multiple reviewers.
- Provide clear instructions to the physician on how to successfully complete the activity
- Be at a depth and scope that require a review of the literature and a knowledge of the evidence base for the manuscript reviewed.
- Have an oversight mechanism to evaluate the quality of reviews submitted.
Designating and awarding credit for participation in a manuscript review activity
- Accredited CME providers should designate each accepted manuscript review, as documented by the journal editor, for three (3) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ should only be awarded for a review that is deemed acceptable by the editor.
