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Exploring the Role of Accreditation in Enhancing Quality and Innovation in Health Professions Education

Proceedings of a Workshop

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Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); .
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-44925-0ISBN-10: 0-309-44925-1

The purpose of accreditation is to build a competent health workforce by ensuring the quality of training taking place within those institutions that have met certain criteria. It is the combination of institution or program accreditation with individual licensure—for confirming practitioner competence—that governments and professions use to reassure the public of the capability of its health workforce. Accreditation offers educational quality assurance to students, governments, ministries, and society.

Given the rapid changes in society, health, and health care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop in April 2016, aimed to explore global shifts in society, health, health care, and education, and their potential effects on general principles of program accreditation across the continuum of health professional education. Participants explored the effect of societal shifts on new and evolving health professional learning opportunities to best ensure quality education is offered by institutions regardless of the program or delivery platform. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contents

Rapporteurs: Megan M. Perez and Patricia A. Cuff.

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and Academic Collaboration for Integrative Health, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Aetna Foundation, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, American Academy of Nursing, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Board of Family Medicine, American College of Nurse-Midwives, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Council of Academic Physical Therapy, American Dental Education Association, American Medical Association, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Psychological Association, American Society for Nutrition, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions, Athletic Training Strategic Alliance, Council on Social Work Education, Ghent University, Health Resources and Services Administration, The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, National Academies of Practice, National Association of Social Workers, National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates, National Board of Medical Examiners, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc., National League for Nursing, Office of Academic Affiliations—Veterans Health Administration, Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, Physician Assistant Education Association, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, THEnet—Training for Health Equity Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the University of Toronto. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Exploring the role of accreditation in enhancing quality and innovation in health professions education: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23636.

Copyright 2017 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Bookshelf ID: NBK435965PMID: 28609024DOI: 10.17226/23636

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