Virtual Medical Academy

Overview

The Virtual Medical Academy is pleased to announce the series entitled "Accreditation… a mission to accomplish or a roadmap for excellence?". Expert speakers will discuss important topic regarding accreditation.

1- Program Accreditation for the Healthcare Professions… What could be?
2- Accreditation for Quality Healthcare Education, National Challenges & International Aspirations
3- Quality Assurance in accreditation … A checklist for compliance or a tool for enhancement?
4- أفضل الممارسات الناجحة في تصميم وقياس خصائص خريجي البرامج الأكاديمية
5- Challenges to Accreditation in Higher Education

This Activity for

Other health care provider
Respiratory Therapy
Psychology
Podiatry
Physiotherapy
Optometry
Clinical Nutrition
Nursing and Midwifery
Dentistry and Related Specialties
Resident / Fellow
Physician
Pharmacy
Occupational Therapy
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Non Health Care Provider
Healthcare & Hospital Administration
Health Education
Health Informatics
Speech-Language Pathology
Public and Community Health
Clinical Pharmacy
Medical Education
Emergency Medical Services
Radiological Technology
Audiology
Medical Technology
Social Service
Sociology
Cardiac Perfusion
Technicians and Health Assistants
Dental Technology and Assistants

What I will learn?

* Program Accreditation for the Healthcare Professions… What could be?

1- What are the development needs of the Saudi health professional educational sector?
2- What are the expectations of accrediting bodies? How could national accreditation help?
3- What future directions should be pursued? What could be?
4- Provide an overview of the new NCAAA program standards
5- How could the VMA help?

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* Accreditation for Quality Healthcare Education, National Challenges & International Aspirations

1- Recognize the importance of aligning national program accreditation with that of the institution
2- Compare national and international accreditation paths for healthcare programs
3- Describe the need for specialized accreditation standards across the healthcare professions
4- Discuss the best pathway for educational healthcare institute accreditations

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* Quality Assurance in accreditation … A checklist for compliance or a tool for enhancement?
1- Present an example of an Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) that helped a healthcare college meet accreditation standards
2- Discuss the different perspectives for defining quality and the importance of closing the quality cycle and implementing improvements plans
3- Differentiate between Quality Assurance and meeting accreditation standards
4- Discuss the most relevant quality assurance standards for educational health professional institute accreditations
5- Discuss the best practices for quality assurance for educational health professional institutes seeking accreditations
6- Determine how healthcare QA standards inform & complement academic QA accreditation standards

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أفضل الممارسات الناجحة في تصميم وقياس خصائص خريجي البرامج الأكاديمية
- مناقشة مفهوم خصائص خريجي البرامج الاكاديمية
- التخطيط لتصميم خصائص الخريجين ضمن نهج تصميم نواتج التعلم على مستويات مختلفة بمرجعية الإطار الوطني للمؤهلات ونظام الاعتماد الوطني
- تحديد خطوات إطار تعزيز خصائص الخريجين
- تحديد مصادر تقويم خصائص الخريجين ونتواتج التعلم للبرنامج والمقررات
- مناقشة تجربة جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز وحراكها لمواءمة خصائص خريجي البرامج الأكاديمية مع المستوى المؤسسي

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* Challenges to Accreditation in Higher Education
- Identify common misconceptions concerning academic accreditations
- Review the concept of triangulation of evidence
- Discuss common misinterpretations of survey results and self-evaluation scales
- Summarize the Do's and Don'ts of writing "safe" self-study reports