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Peer review can be categorized by the type of activity and by the field or profession in which the activity occurs.

In general, those involved in a given profession or particular organization identify their particular process by the generic term " peer review ".

So, even when qualifiers are applied the elements of peer review may appear to be inconsistent.

For example, medical peer review can refer to clinical peer review, or the peer evaluation of clinical teaching skills for both physicians and nurses,