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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 were included for analysis.

Data extraction and synthesis

The table of contents was extracted and eligible publications screened by independent reviewers who further characterised the geographic affiliations of the publishing research teams and study settings (if applicable).

Results

A total 12 018 titles were screened and 7793 (64.8%) articles included. Most were collaborations (7048, 90.4%) conducted by authors from single geographic regions (5851, 86%). Single-region teams were most often formed from countries in North America (56%), Northern Europe (14%) or Western Europe (10%). Overall lead authorship from Asian, African or South American regions was less than 15%, 5% and 1%, respectively. Geographic representation varied somewhat by journal, but not across time.

Conclusions

Diversity in health professional education scholarship, as marked by nation of authors' professional affiliations, remains low. Under-representation of published research outside Global North regions limits dissemination of novel ideas resulting in unidirectional flow of experiences and a concentrated worldview of teaching and learning.

SUBMITTER: Buffone B

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Buffone Brittany B Djuana Ilena I Yang Katherine K Wilby Kyle J KJ El Hajj Maguy S MS Wilbur Kerry K

BMJ open 20201123 11

<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>We conducted a document analysis to examine authorship of recent publications to explore current international representation.<h4>Data sources</h4>The table of contents of seven high-impact English-language health professional education journals bet ...[more]

PMID: 33234661

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

Objectives

Design

Data sources

Eligibility criteria

Data extraction and synthesis

Results

Conclusions

Publications

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

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