Improving outcomes of medical colleges: A proposed Institutional Governance and Communication Protocol (IGCP)

Ghanim Alsheikh

doi:10.33762/mjbu.2020.126983.1009

Abstract

Governance and communication represent the foundations for effective impact on the level of institutional performance in higher education colleges, including medical schools. Governance encompasses the frameworks of structures, relationships, and processes ongoing in the college. It is recognized that medical schools in Iraq lack the adoption of a clear mechanism in this field. This article aims to present a proposed protocol for the development of governance and institutional communication in Iraqi medical colleges whose components have been formulated according to the needs of these colleges. The proposal reviews the components, benefits, and foundations of governance according to a number of targeted values, thus presenting a proposed framework for the components of an institutional system for governance and communication. This proposal allows ample discussions among college stakeholders which leads to revision and implementation to fill the gap towards achieving effective and efficient governance that enables the achievement of college goals. The framework addresses number of elements including at least: neutrality in the work and decisions of councils and their strategic and operational roles, the absence of a strategy for senior management, institutional and individual periodic planning, standard operation procedures, job description, key performance indicators, human resource management policies and documentation concepts, and in the forefront of them digital documentation and communication via the Internet and databases.

Highlights

Governance and communication represent the foundations for effective impact on the level of institutional performance in higher education colleges, including medical schools
The college’s vision, mission and strategic direction; (b) to hold the decision-makers accountable against standards and benchmarks through their plans; (c) to ensure soundness and correctness; (d) to ensure leadership complies with rules and regulations, and (e) to engage all the college stakeholders.[4]. To ensure achieving these functions, they need to be accompanied with more focused micro-governance in regard to availability of the right information, the appropriate incentives, the timely and right interventions, and the continuous quality improvement and innovations
As related to the medical colleges in Iraq and their situation and environment, we identified the following players who will be beneficial on both sides of the presented equations with the processes of the right governance:

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Introduction

Governance and communication represent the foundations for effective impact on the level of institutional performance in higher education colleges, including medical schools. The college’s vision, mission and strategic direction; (b) to hold the decision-makers accountable against standards and benchmarks through their plans; (c) to ensure soundness and correctness; (d) to ensure leadership complies with rules and regulations, and (e) to engage all the college stakeholders.[4] To ensure achieving these functions, they need to be accompanied with more focused micro-governance in regard to availability of the right information, the appropriate incentives, the timely and right interventions, and the continuous quality improvement and innovations.

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