Heinemann Allen W
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 Feb;87(2):157-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.008.
This presidential address reflects on the history and mission of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) and considers the benefits derived from joint ownership of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R). Much of ACRM's history has been distinguished by collaboration with AAPM&R on essential concerns. Evolving organizational priorities have resulted in distinct association missions that have consequences for joint ownership of Archives. The journal has grown in important ways in the past 86 years from a solo editor to an editorial board and to joint ownership and sponsorship of alternating issues. The quality of Archives has improved substantially in the past decade, with an improving impact factor and an increasing number of manuscript submissions. A new contract with the publisher provides an opportunity to consider the relationship between the Congress and Archives and what kind of benefit ACRM desires it to be for its members, to the larger community of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), and to the persons with disabilities we as PM&R professionals seek to serve. Archives is well positioned to fulfill ACRM's focus on promoting rehabilitation research and facilitating information dissemination and technology transfer. An internationally respected journal is an excellent means to disseminate rehabilitation research that promotes health, independence, productivity, and quality of life for people with disabling conditions. This new chapter in the relationship between Archives and the Academy and Congress provides several opportunities for rehabilitation research leadership. More than ever, Archives provides a premier mechanism to fulfill the Congress's mission and to promote our sense of community.
这篇主席致辞回顾了美国康复医学大会（ACRM）的历史与使命，并探讨了与美国物理医学与康复学会（AAPM&R）共同拥有《物理医学与康复档案》（Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation）所带来的益处。ACRM的许多历史都以与AAPM&R在重要问题上的合作为显著特征。不断演变的组织优先事项导致了不同的协会使命，这对《档案》的共同所有权产生了影响。在过去86年里，该期刊从单一编辑发展到拥有编辑委员会，再到共同拥有并交替赞助各期，在诸多重要方面都有所成长。在过去十年中，《档案》的质量有了显著提升，影响因子不断提高，稿件提交数量也日益增多。与出版商签订的新合同提供了一个契机，来思考大会与《档案》之间的关系，以及ACRM期望它能为其成员、更广泛的物理医学与康复（PM&R）群体以及我们作为PM&R专业人员致力于服务的残疾人士带来何种益处。《档案》处于有利地位，能够实现ACRM对促进康复研究以及推动信息传播和技术转移的关注。一份在国际上备受尊重的期刊是传播康复研究成果的绝佳途径，这些研究能够促进残疾人士的健康、独立、生产力和生活质量。《档案》与学会及大会之间关系的这一新篇章为康复研究领导力提供了诸多机遇。《档案》比以往任何时候都更能提供一个首要机制，以实现大会的使命并增进我们的群体意识。
