Call for Papers
Call for Papers
Across Canada and internationally, health professions education is undergoing profound change in response to shifting health system needs, demographic realities, evolving professional roles, and societal expectations (The Lancet). Faculties and programs are undertaking substantial reforms through competency-based initiatives, comprehensive curriculum redesigns, assessment renewal, distributed or community-engaged learning models, and commitments to equity, anti-racism, cultural safety, Indigenous health, and social accountability.
These developments are often described as educational transformations, yet the field continues to grapple with the meaning, mechanisms, and outcomes of these transformative change (Layered analysis). This Special Issue “Educational transformations in health professions education” invites manuscripts that examine fundamental, systemic changes in the organization, culture, and structure of teaching and learning, rather than descriptions of isolated innovations or stand-alone interventions. We are especially interested in work that explores how transformation unfolds as an ongoing, iterative, reflexive process shaped by social, cultural, political, and institutional contexts.
Scope and topics of interest
We welcome submissions about any health profession and across the training continuum (undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing professional development). Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Program- and faculty-level transformations,
- Curricular practices, teaching and learning approaches, assessment, and feedback transformation,
- Process and outcome evaluations,
- Clarifications or critiques of the notion of “educational transformation”, and
- Governance structures, accreditation requirements, and policy dimensions of transformation
Types of contributions
We encourage methodologically and conceptually diverse submissions, including:
- Empirical research (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods),
- Theory-informed or conceptual papers,
- Methodological papers (e.g., approaches to evaluating complex educational transformations; development and validation of indicators or indices, etc.),
- Syntheses (e.g., scoping, realist, or narrative reviews, etc.), and
- Scholarly perspectives, reflexive narratives, or case analyses that offer rich, critical insight into attempts to transform health professions education
Although grounded in the Canadian context, the special issue welcomes international submissions that contribute conceptual, theoretical, methodological, or empirical insight. Manuscripts may be submitted in either English or French.
Submission and review process
All manuscripts will undergo the journal’s usual peer-review process and must comply with the journal’s author guidelines regarding length, structure, reporting standards, and ethical considerations.
Special Guest Editor: Tim Dubé, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke
Editor-in-Chief: Christina St-Onge, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2026
