Course Description
Evaluating the impact and quality are important to assure
that institutions and programmes meet threshold
expectations set by funders, governing boards and
professional organisations. Using a systematic approach to
evaluate quality and use these to enhance the quality
assurance and accreditation systems is critical in health
professions education. Therefore this workshop will cover
the following:
1. Program impact evaluation frameworks
2. Quality Assurance & Quality Maintenance systems
3. Apply the basic principles of program evaluation
4. Apply quality maintenance at programme level
5. Evaluate challenges, limitations and ways forward
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Apply the basic principles of quality maintenance at
programme level
- Discuss and apply principles of continuous quality
improvement at Institutional level
- Apply principles of quality assurance and accreditation
in health professional education to one’s own learning
environment
- Evaluate challenges, limitations and ways forward for
maintaining quality assurance system
Preparation before the session
PART 1: Participants are required to read the following articles [Click the following title to access]:
Free Resources
- Global Standards and Accreditation in Medical Education: A View from the WFME
- Caribbean offshore medical schools - Accreditation and financial challenges
- How to review a medical curriculum
- Basic medical education WFME global standards for quality improvement [The 2020 Revision] (The user may access any part of the site and download or copy material for personal non-commercial use only)
PART 2: Participants are required to go through some materials in CenMED Scholar [Restricted to participants who have Access Code]
1. Participants will be given an Access Code to access the materials in CenMED Scholar by the CenMED Administrator.
2. You may need to register for an account (for new user) in CenMED Scholar before using the Access Code.
3. Once you have entered the Access Code, you may find this course in your Learner Dashboard
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