I have been invited to be a Peer Reviewer for the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to review "Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 Years or Younger". I frequently have used and quoted earlier versions of this document: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/speech-language-delay-disorders-children-age-5-years-younger-screening
Here is the description of the role:
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides ongoing scientific, administrative, and dissemination support to the USPSTF. As part of this support, an AHRQ funded Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) produces evidence reports for use by the USPSTF. These evidence reports synthesize the evidence on a variety of health topics from studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The USPSTF uses the findings from the EPC evidence report to weigh the potential benefits and harms of the preventive service. The primary role of the Peer Reviewer is to provide unbiased input on the draft evidence report to help ensure an accurate and relevant report that will be widely used by policymakers, insurers, health systems, clinicians, and the public. Consistent with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) (formerly the Institute of Medicine (IOM)) recommendations on Standards for Systematic Reviews (1) to protect the independence of authors, Peer Reviewers do not provide analysis or contribute to the writing of the report. Once finalized, the evidence report may acknowledge by name the input and contributions of Peer Reviewers.
Scope of the review: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-language-delay-disorders-children-age-5-years-younger-screening
