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Accreditation in EMR: Revisiting the Practice and Basic Concepts

Wagdy Talaat, MD, PhD, FHPE Head, Medical Education Department Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt FAIMER Faculty, Philadelphia, USA WHO Consultant. Accreditation in EMR: Revisiting the Practice and Basic Concepts. OVERLAP ?????????????????????????. Accreditation

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Accreditation in EMR: Revisiting the Practice and Basic Concepts

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  1. Wagdy Talaat, MD, PhD, FHPEHead, Medical Education DepartmentFaculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, EgyptFAIMER Faculty, Philadelphia, USAWHO Consultant Accreditation in EMR: Revisiting the Practice and Basic Concepts

  2. OVERLAP????????????????????????? • Accreditation • الاعتماد(قانونى) • Recognition • الاعتراف(فنى) • Licensing • الترخيص

  3. Process Output Input Licensing Graduates Licensing an institution Accreditation

  4. Accreditation To recognize or state that a program or an institution is of a certain standard or quality. (Longman Dictionary of contemporary English, 1985)

  5. Quality Strategies Licencing • Quality control • (product-oriented strategy) • To get rid of defected product Accreditation • Quality assurance • (process-oriented strategy) • To prevent errors from happening

  6. EMRO’s Mission in Accreditation • To encourage the establishment of National Systems for Accreditation in Health Professions Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. • To recognize HPE Institutions which comply with the WHO Guidelines for accreditation and for future inclusion in the EMRO’s Directory.

  7. EMRO Accreditation Projects in the Region

  8. Through WHO Consultation and peer-review visits to a number of HPEI in the EMR, we have witnesses different styles of approaching accreditation issue

  9. Road Map for Accreditation • At the National Level • Launching an awareness campaign • Establishment of a national system for accreditation that includes: • An accreditation law to be endorsed by the Parliament • Bylaws that regulates accreditation • An independent National Accreditation Authority • Development of National Standards (or adaptation of Global Standards) • Development of Academic Reference Standards (NARS) • Quality Assurance and Accreditation Centers in Every University

  10. Road Map for Accreditation • B) At the Institution’s level: • Establishment of a Quality Assurance Unit. • Development of a Strategic Plan • Conduction of a Self Study that contains 3 main components:

  11. This is an example of a Certificate of Accreditation that has been granted to the Faculty of Medicine - Suez Canal University from NAQAAE for a period of 5 years.

  12. Standards • Definition: • Standards are typically one-sentence statements of what students (faculty or curriculum or resources etc.) should know ( or include) and be able to do at a certain point. Often a standard will begin with a phrase such as will, must or should. • Example: • Students will be able to • Curriculum must (or should) include • Jon Mueller, 2011

  13. Jon Mueller, 2011

  14. Final Word • Accreditation is not a certificate that we proudly hang on the wall of the dean’s office, but a means for continuous improvement and hard work to reach out for the stars

  15. Thank you

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