Criminal Record Checks in Health Professional Education: Protecting the Public or Reinforcing the Status Quo

ObjectivesThe 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.DesignWe conducted a document analysis to examine authorship of recent publications to explore current international representation.Data sourcesThe table of contents of seven high-impact English-language health professional education journals between 2008 and 2018 was extracted from Embase.Eligibility criteriaThe 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 synthesisThe 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).ResultsA 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.ConclusionsDiversity 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.

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State contestations in constructions of 1Malaysia

Language Problems & Language Planning ◽

10.1075/lplp.41.1.03var ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 46-65

Author(s):

Mary Varghese ◽

Kamila Ghazali

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Status Quo ◽

The Public ◽

Malaysian Population ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

The Status ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

The Relationship

Abstract This article seeks to contribute to the existing body of knowledge about the relationship between political discourse and national identity. 1Malaysia, introduced in 2009 by Malaysia’s then newly appointed 6th Prime Minister Najib Razak, was greeted with expectation and concern by various segments of the Malaysian population. For some, it signalled a new inclusiveness that was to change the discourse on belonging. For others, it raised concerns about changes to the status quo of ethnic issues. Given the varying responses of society to the concept of 1Malaysia, an examination of different texts through the critical paradigm of CDA provide useful insights into how the public sphere has attempted to construct this notion. Therefore, this paper critically examines the Prime Minister’s early speeches as well as relevant chapters of the socioeconomic agenda, the 10th Malaysia Plan, to identify the referential and predicational strategies employed in characterising 1Malaysia. The findings suggest a notion of unity that appears to address varying issues.

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A systematic review: Children & Adolescents as simulated patients in health professional education

Advances in Simulation ◽

10.1186/s41077-015-0003-9 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Andrée Gamble ◽

Margaret Bearman ◽

Debra Nestel

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Professional ◽

Professional Education ◽

Simulated Patients ◽

Health Professional Education

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statements in the U. S. Creative Sector: Progress, or More Bullshit?

Cultural Management Science and Education ◽

10.30819/cmse.5-2.03 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 33-46

Author(s):

Antonio C. Cuyler

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Research Question ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Status Quo ◽

Arts Organizations ◽

The Public ◽

Cultural Organizations ◽

The Status ◽

Definition Of ◽

Equity And Inclusion

This article represents a snapshot and analysis of U. S. service arts organizations’ DEI statements and activities in 2018. At that time, many primarily White-serving U. S. cultural organizations responded defensively to accusations of elitism and a harmful rigged funding system that maintained the status quo by awarding most cultural funding to these organizations while undermining the health and vitality of cultural organizations by and for historically oppressed communities (Sidford, 2011). Furthermore, Helicon Collaborative (2017) found that even with a host of cultural equity, “diversity” projects (Tseng 2016), and public-facing DEI statements, little had changed within six years. Therefore, this study uses directed and summative content analysis to investigate the research question “what do cultural equity and diversity statements communicate about cultural organizations’ positions on DEI?” This study also uses Frankfurt’s (2005) essay On Bullshit and Laing’s (2016) two-prong definition of accountability as a theoretical framework to examine if and how cultural organizations hold themselves accountable for achieving DEI in the creative sector. Lastly, readers should keep in mind that the public murder of Geor-ge Floyd in 2020 has hastened all of the service arts organizations’ access, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) work examined in this study.

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