Contributing to the profession, the College and this Journal

Abstract

Recently this Editor was asked to participate in a professional development activity that is meant to encourage health professionals in a particular health service to contribute to a proposed journal to 'showcase' the achievement of staff and the services they provide and to disseminate knowledge more widely. The organisers of the professional development activity decided that before encouraging potential contributors they would develop interest in the peer review process. This demonstrates the importance of peer review in the process of publishing and disseminating knowledge. Like the above group of enthusiastic health professionals, the College and the Editor of this Journal, aspire to not only encourage contributions but to encourage readers and subscribers to consider participating as peer reviewers. This Journal has been established since 2006 as the official Journal of the Australian College of Health Service Executives. While it is a membership journal, it is also open to subscribers and readers from the wider health management profession in the Asia Pacific region.