Table 1 Characteristics of the 33 studies reviewed
From: A systematic review of outcome and impact of Master’s in health and health care
Country | USA (15) |
UK (13) | |
Australia, Canada, Ireland (1 each) | |
Vietnam (1) | |
Systematic review (1) | |
Type of Master’s | Public Health (8) |
Nursing (8) | |
Physiotherapy (5) | |
General or family medicine (4) | |
Occupational therapy (2) | |
Others (6: physician assistants, allied health professionals, health communication, pharmacists, global health, psychiatric rehabilitation) | |
Level of evidence: all level 4 | ‘Triangulation’ design (18) (17 alumni surveys and 1 employer survey) |
Comparison with non-independent reference standard (3, alumni surveys) | |
Sequential design (1) | |
Mixed methods approach (3): sequential exploratory (2), triangulation (1) | |
Qualitative (7) | |
Systematic review (1) | |
Study design | Quantitative (22) |
Qualitative (7) | |
Mixed methods (3) | |
Systematic review (1) |