Years Of Accreditation Research Articles

Modèle de caractérisation de la situation de qualité des universités chiliennes à partir d'indicateurs financiers et de gestion

L'un des indicateurs les plus significatifs de l'effectivité de systèmes d'assurance de qualité est le processus d'accréditation des institutions d'enseignement supérieur, car il considère une variété d'éléments essentiels au moment d'accréditer la qualité des systèmes de formation utilisés dans ces institutions. Dans ce contexte, cette recherche vise à créer un modèle de caractérisation, évolution et projection de la situation d'accréditation des universités chiliennes rattachées au Système d'Information de l'Enseignement Supérieur (SIES). Nous employons une méthodologie de type quantitatif exploratoire corrélationnel et prédictif qui considère 56 institutions d'enseignement supérieur chiliennes, cataloguées comme universités, et leurs indicateurs publiés entre 2017 et 2021 par le SIES, afin de créer un modèle basé sur l'évolution des indicateurs consolidés et d'établir une information de référence sur les secteurs les plus pertinents dans les résultats du processus d'accréditation. Ainsi, cette recherche se présente comme un modèle contribuant à la planification stratégique des universités pour atteindre une meilleure qualité et davantage d'années d'accréditation.

Perception of Hospital Accreditation Impact among Quality Management Professionals in India: A Survey-Based Multicenter Study.

Accreditation ensures the standard of healthcare, yet accreditation effects on service quality are much debated. Some perceive it as improving quality and organizational performance, whereas others see it as overly bureaucratic and time-consuming, so adding it has limited advantage. The aim of the present study was to understand the perception of hospital staff working in quality management (i.e., doctors, nurses, and administrators) on accreditation, and determine whether years of accreditation have had any impact on their perception. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, data-based study initiated by the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations. It consisted of primary data obtained in form of responses to a 30-item questionnaire and collected from 415 respondents. A probability (p) value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. For all 30 items, a significantly greater number of participants had a favorable response (p < 0.001). A greater number of administrators, as compared with doctors and nurses, responded positively on the impact of accreditation (p < 0.05). Participants from hospitals with 1-4 years of accreditation, as compared with participants from hospitals with 4-12 years of accreditation, gave a favorable response (p < 0.05). One of the most important hurdles to implementing accreditation programs is the dilemma of healthcare professionals, especially senior hospital staff, regarding the positive impact of accreditation. The need to educate healthcare professionals about the potential benefits of accreditation, which should resolve any cynical attitude of healthcare professionals towards accreditation, is of utmost importance.

¿Está la calidad de las carreras asociada a la universidad que la imparte? El caso de Nutrición y Dietética en Chile

Introducción: El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si entre los factores que más influyen en la calidad de las carreras en Nutrición y Dietética, representada por el tiempo de acreditación, está la calidad de la universidad. Material y métodos: El estudio fue transversal, descriptivo y asociativo. Se usaron fuentes oficiales del Ministerio de Educación de las universidades que ofertan la carrera de Nutrición y Dietética en Chile y que se presentaron a acreditación entre los años 2004-2016. Se usó una muestra intencionada de 20 carreras acreditadas. Se usaron análisis estadísticos multivariados: regresión lineal, múltiple y análisis de conglomerados; la regresión lineal múltiple para estimar cuales variables explican el tiempo de acreditación de las carreras de Nutrición y Dietética y el análisis de conglomerado para evidenciar la afinidad de carreras de Nutrición y Dietética dictadas por distintos tipos de universidades. Se aplicó el software estadístico SPSS 24.0 Resultados: Los años de acreditación de las carreras y de las universidades se asociaron positivamente, sin que variables económicas y de selectividad de las carreras sean estadísticamente significativas. Las carreras mostraron un patrón de afinidad según el tipo de universidad que las imparte y ello estuvo también relacionado con la calidad.Conclusiones: La acreditación de la universidad es un factor crítico para el aseguramiento de la calidad de las carreras de Nutrición y Dietética.

Twenty years of accreditation in Russian higher education: lessons learnt

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to analyze main principles, forms and approaches to education quality evaluation in the process of establishment, development and crucial changes in the state accreditation of educational institutions and study programmes in Russian higher education in the last 20 years.Design/methodology/approachThe major research method used in the paper is the qualitative analysis of legal and statistical documents, research papers and accreditation practices, which impacted the development and transformation of accreditation forms in Russia.FindingsThe transformation process of state accreditation during the last 20 years was conditioned by the changes in the state education policy and socio-economic situation. In a short period, under the influence of internal and external factors, Russian higher education has experienced significant changes in the structure of higher education and quality assurance. This resulted in different approaches to accreditation: state and independent, mandatory and voluntary, national and international.Practical implicationsThe research outcomes may be applicable in the countries with developing accreditation systems and comparable scope of education.Social implicationsThe study identifies the tendencies in the development of higher education and quality evaluation.Originality/valueThe paper systematizes the tendencies of development in quality assurance and distinguishes specific features and diversity of forms of the quality assurance in one of the largest systems of higher education.

State of accreditation of undergraduate dental programs in Chile, 2015.

Aim: To describe the accreditation of undergraduate dental programs in Chile according to the 2015 assessment procedures of the National Accreditation Commission. Methodology: Descriptive study. The unit of analysis are the resolutions on accreditation of dental programs in Chile by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA-Chile), accessed from the advanced search engine at the CNA-Chile website. From the resolutions the following information was obtained: Effective date, Years of accreditation, Accrediting agency and the Strengths and Weaknesses of the 3 dimensions assessed in undergraduate programs: Graduate profile and results, Operating conditions and Self-regulation. Universities that belonged to the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) and to the Chilean Association for Dental Education (ACHEO) were considered in the study. Results: Fourteen universities have a history of accreditation of dental programs. They all belong to ACHEO and half of them are members of CRUCH. The range of accreditation was 2-7 years. The average years of accreditation in private universities was 4.57 ± 1.72, while in CRUCH it was 6 ± 1, with an overall average of 5.29 ± 1.54. The programs have been accredited by CNA-Chile and 4 other accrediting agencies. Conclusion: There is significant variability in the quality of dental programs in Chile according to CNA-Chile accreditations. Programs from CRUCH universities have a better and more consistent quality than those of private institutions.

¿Producen mejores resultados las carreras de pedagogía básica con más años de acreditación?

?Existe alguna relacion entre anos de acreditacion de los programas de pedagogia basica y los resultados de sus egresados en los examenes de egreso (INICIA)? ?Existe relacion entre anos de acreditacion de estos programas y su aporte a los resultados de sus egresados dados los puntajes PSU con que ingresan a la carrera? ?Juega algun rol la agencia acreditadora en estas relaciones? Este trabajo aborda estas preguntas como una aproximacion para estudiar la coherencia entre los dos indicadores de calidad de las carreras de pedagogia mas relevantes que hoy se ponen a disposicion del publico, y encuentra evidencia de que la calificacion que obtienen los programas de pedagogia en los procesos de acreditacion —expresada en una metrica de 0 a 7 anos— no es consistente con los resultados de los egresados ni con la contribucion de las carreras al logro de sus estudiantes, habiendo ademas diferencia entre las agencias acreditadoras

Impact of Voluntary Accreditation on Deficiency Citations in U.S. Nursing Homes

This study examines the association between nursing home accreditation and deficiency citations. Data originated from a web-based search of The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditation and On-line Survey Certification of Automated Records from 2002 to 2010. Deficiency citations were divided into 4 categories: resident behavior and facility practices, quality of life, quality of care, and the most severe citations. Data were analyzed through negative binomial regression, where the number of residents at risk for each measure was the exposure level for that measure. TJC-accredited nursing homes had fewer deficiency citations in all 4 deficiency categories examined. Comparing citations in the year of accreditation with the first year after accreditation, 3 of the 4 deficiency categories were significant. In comparing deficiency citations after 8 years of accreditation, all 4 categories of deficiencies were significant. In all cases, accreditation was associated with fewer deficiency citations. Our results indicate that TJC-accredited nursing homes improve their quality immediately after accreditation and continue to maintain these improvements over the long-term. These findings support the need for further discussion and facilitation of voluntary accreditation in nursing homes.

Joint Commission Accreditation and Quality Measures in U.S. Nursing Homes

This study examines the association between accreditation and select measures of quality in U.S. nursing homes, both cross-sectionally and over time. Data analyzed in this research originated from a web-based search of The Joint Commission (TJC) accredited facilities and the Nursing Home Compare set of Quality Measures relating to physical restraint use, pain management, urinary catheter use, and pressure sores. Five-Star Nursing Home Quality Rating System information was also used to calculate overall quality measure and health inspection scores. Data were analyzed using negative binomial regression. Comparing quality in the year before accreditation with the 1st year after accreditation, all five Quality Measures and both Five-Star categories demonstrated improvement. In comparing quality after 8 years of accreditation, three of the Quality Measures examined continued to improve. There were no cases where accreditation was associated with decreased quality. These results indicate that TJC accredited nursing homes improve their quality immediately after accreditation but do not continue to improve in all areas over time.

Beyond Must: Supporting the Evolving Role of the Designated Institutional Official

Beyond Must: Supporting the Evolving Role of the Designated Institutional Official

Impact of quality assurance policies in higher education programs: an exploratory study.

This research was aimed to describe the perception of academic units' managers about the impact that participation has on accreditation processes and to compare impact profiles according to different categories. To that end, 95 careers accredited by Comisión Nacional de Acreditación de Pregrado (CNAP) between 2001 and 2006 completed an online questionnaire. Careers were classified into a taxonomy combining two criteria: (1) number of years of accreditation and (2) number of careers accredited in the institution. This classification differentiates 4 groups organized around a continuum defined by these criteria. According to results, we can conclude that there are few significant differences among careers. Those of Category 1 tend to perceive more changes attributable to the accreditation process in some factors. Careers of category 4 tend to consider certain changes as less important. All of them consider that innovations applied to supporting mechanisms for students are positive.

Predicting the Success of an Anesthesiology Trainee

Predicting the Success of an Anesthesiology Trainee

A decade of accreditation in Hungary: lessons learned and future directions

This paper looks back on 10 years of accreditation in Hungary, in which the Hungarian Accreditation Committee completed the accreditation of all the country's higher education institutions and their programmes. Drawing from the lessons learned, and also based on the recommendations of the external panel that reviewed its work, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee has made a number of changes in its approach and is about to embark on the second cycle of accreditation. The paper examines the reasons for the planned changes and provides a critical view on the future directions in Hungarian accreditation. References are made also to changes in quality assurance practices in other Central and Eastern European countries.

Drug Testing in Sport: Bayes Theorem Meets Advanced Technology-Reply

In Reply. —Testing for performance-enhancing drugs is designed to be 100% specific, and with respect to the laboratory that produced the data in Tables 2 and 3 of our article, there is no evidence to the contrary. No false-positive results have occurred in 12 years of accreditation and proficiency testing, and despite numerous reviews by experts, none of the positive cases have been found to be in error. This 100% accuracy for positive results is achieved primarily by properly using a definitive analytic technique to identify compounds. Technical measures of test validity are important but are only part of the story. In addition, unlike many workplace drug-testing programs, testing of athletes includes collecting the urine under direct observation, splitting the urine into 2 portions, analyzing 1 sample at least twice (screen and confirmation) on separate occasions before reporting the result of that specimen, and requiring the analysis of the second portion of

Managing transition: guidelines for mental health administrators facing services retrenchment due to funding cuts.

This piece of writing is one part of a four part series on managing transition in turbulent times. The series is written for mental health administrators and is a product of the author's direct experience as chief administrator of addiction treatment facilities and programs for The Salvation Army in Hawaii. Despite the loss of several hundred thousands of dollars, the agency was able to manage its own transition to emerge stronger and with two full years of accreditation as a psychiatric facility by the prestigious Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals.