Clinical practice experience is required to become a DynaMed reviewer. DynaMed is committed to contributing to the medical training of healthcare professionals by providing scholarly effort opportunities. When providing these educational opportunities, editors require that all trainees or professionals without clinical practice experience review topics with a faculty member who has clinical practice experience.

DynaMed Reviewer Criteria:

• Clinician who has completed training and is practicing or has been in practice long enough to provide clinical perspective
• Clinicians in a second form of training (i.e. career change or added certifications) qualify if their first form of training and practice are adequate.
• Students and clinicians in training may be a reviewer if they identify and provide a qualified faculty member to work with them as a reviewer.

DynaMed Peer Review - Benefits of Participation

• Free access to DynaMed – value of $395 per year per individual – for review completion and topic maintenance
• Opportunity to use in CV
• Become part of a community of medical professionals providing relevant clinical information that is not influenced by medical industry advertisers
• Make the clinical information you use more useful (continuously improving relevance, validity, clarity and ease of use)
• Opportunity to help shape the content and interface of DynaMed, a resource used globally in clinicians’ daily practice
• Acknowledgement in each topic reviewed
• Acknowledgement on the List of Reviewers and s page (retrieved by Google search)
• Free subscription to DynaMed Weekly Update, an advertising-free e-mail newsletter that delivers one to five articles deemed most likely to change clinical practice
• E-mail notification of updates to the topic(s) reviewed
• Constructive feedback on peer review
• Support and education for critical appraisal and other EBM concepts
• Creditable as CME in some regions (verifiable self directed learning)

DynaMed Peer Review - Additional Participation Benefits for Residency Programs

• An additional educational opportunity for residents and students to learn critical appraisal, evidence synthesis, and other evidence-based processes
• Real-time, hands-on opportunities for residents and students in which faculty can evaluate clinical learning, evidence evaluation, and use of a clinical resource to improve patient care
• Activities tailored to residency program schedules
• ACGME Practice-Based learning and Improvement competency - method and documentation forms provided
• Program recognition: Residency program is listed in topic acknowledgements and the List of Reviewers and s page
• Discounts on group subscriptions
• Continued complimentary DynaMed access provided to program graduates who continue to review their topic(s)

Reviewers are required to disclose financial and other competing interests. Before completing topic work for DynaMed, you must fill out and return a declaration of competing interests form. For further information about competing interests, see this NEJM commentary.

If you are interested in becoming a DynaMed reviewer, send an e-mail to with a current copy of your curriculum vitae (CV) and a list of your areas of interest.