a Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education , University Health Network and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
b Institute of Health Policy , Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
Med Teach. 2019 Mar;41(3):249-255. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1543862. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
In 2009, an International Working Group (IWG) on the Assessment of Professionalism began collaborating and published recommendations in 2011. Nearly a decade later the IWG reconvened to take stock of the state of practice and research in professionalism and the impact of the 2011 report.
A bibliometric study identified all publications on assessment of professionalism since 2011, noting those that cited the original report. Articles were coded to identify the reason for citation and new trends in assessment. Bibliometric data were supplemented by discussion groups held at key international education meetings.
Six-hundred publications on the assessment of professionalism were found in Google Scholar and 164 in Web of Science since 2011, of which 177 (30%) and 84 (50%) respectively cited the original IWG publication. English language publications were most common (83%), but there were articles in 13 other languages by authors from 40 countries. The report was cited commonly to justify attention to professionalism in general (41%), assessment of professionalism (38%) and to explore professionalism in different countries and professions (25%). A thematic analysis showed that of 9 research areas recommended in 2011, 7 of 9 categories were represented with a large increase in research across languages and cultures.
Though the assessment of professionalism remains a challenge the research base continues to grow, especially related to professionalism across cultures and languages, and a large percentage of publications cite the IWG recommendations. There remains a gap in research and writing about patients' perspectives.
2009 年，国际专业评估工作组（IWG）开始合作，并于 2011 年发布了建议。近十年后，IWG 重新评估了专业精神实践和研究的现状以及 2011 年报告的影响。
一项文献计量研究确定了自 2011 年以来所有关于专业评估的出版物，并注意到那些引用原始报告的出版物。对文章进行编码，以确定引用的原因和评估的新趋势。文献计量数据由在重要国际教育会议上举行的讨论组补充。
在 Google Scholar 上找到了 600 篇关于专业评估的出版物，在 Web of Science 上找到了 164 篇，其中 177 篇（30%）和 84 篇（50%）分别引用了原始 IWG 出版物。英语出版物最为常见（83%），但也有来自 40 个国家的作者用 13 种其他语言撰写的文章。该报告被广泛引用，以证明对一般专业精神的关注（41%）、对专业精神的评估（38%）以及对不同国家和职业的专业精神的探索（25%）是合理的。主题分析显示，在 2011 年建议的 9 个研究领域中，9 个类别中有 7 个得到了代表，而且语言和文化的研究也有了很大的增加。
尽管专业评估仍然是一个挑战，但研究基础仍在不断扩大，特别是与跨文化和语言的专业精神相关的研究，并且有很大比例的出版物引用了 IWG 的建议。关于患者观点的研究和写作仍然存在差距。
