Diversity in health professional education scholarship: a document analysis of international author representation in leading journals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The global distribution of health professionals and associated training programmes is wide but prior study has demonstrated reported scholarship of teaching and learning arises from predominantly Western perspectives.

Design

We conducted a document analysis to examine authorship of recent publications to explore current international representation.

Data sources

The table of contents of seven high-impact English-language health professional education journals between 2008 and 2018 was extracted from Embase.

Eligibility criteria

The journals were selected according to highest aggregate ranking across specific scientific impact indices and stating health professional education in scope; only original research and review articles from these publications

SUBMITTER: Buffone B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684802 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature