A content analysis of Evaluation & the Health Professions over 32 years.

摘要

It is an honor to begin my role as Editor of Evaluation & the Health Professions (EHP). I will have a difficult path to follow. R. Barker Bausell began this journal 32 years ago along with Carolyn F. Waltz. The journal has become a home for a wide variety of topics and in 2008 achieved an impact factor of 2.683. While learning to take on the role as Editor, I have attempted to place the many specific topics into general themes that the journal has addressed over the years. I identified 20 general topics. These included evaluations of professional competence and student achievement, and ethics. These also included program evaluations in medical, educational, and community settings, policy evaluations, and health education, prevention, or promotion topics. Issues of training professionals were included along with explication of types of professional roles, professional role perceptions, and satisfaction. Patient adjustment and self-care, and consumer satisfaction were examined as well.