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Azim Mirzadeh, Saman Tavakoli, Kamran Yazdani, Mahshid Taj,
Volume 4, Issue 2 (12-2004)
Abstract
During recent years there have been many discussions about the meaning of accreditation and the steps for establishing an accreditation system in our country. It is worth to mention that in the third national economic, social and cultural development plan, the process of accreditation of medical education programs and its reinforcement has been mentioned. Simply, accreditation can be defined as granting of approval to an institution, which according to the judgment of experts in the field of study has met the predetermined requirements. In medicine, accreditation of educational programs signifies that national standards for structure, function and efficacy are met by a medical education institution’s program leading to the MD degree (undergraduate medical education) or one of the recognized medical specialties (postgraduate training). Similar to the other parts of the world in the second half of the twentieth century, the situation of medical education in our country faced a rapid and imbalanced growth in medical education (especially for general medicine) during the last twenty years. Therefore recognition and applying the methods, useful in quality improvement of medical education, is of utmost importance. In this regard, establishment of accreditation system will be very effective, and in the third national development plan a lot of attention has been paid to the issue of establishing and upgrading the evaluation and accreditation systems of educational institutions and programs. In this article, we will overview the basics of accreditation, steps to establish an accreditation system, the process of review and accreditation of programs and a brief description of well-known accreditation systems in different parts of the world.
Kaveh Eslami, Hatam Boostani, Mansour Zahiri, Simin Jahani, Behzad Fouladi Dehaghi, Arash Salahshori, Reza Arjmand, Akbar Babaei Heydarabadi,
Volume 21, Issue 0 (4-2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of evaluation and quality assurance of an e-learning system can help design the systematic structure of the evaluation process in the higher education to elevate the quality of education. In view of this, this study endeavored to elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses of evaluation and quality assurance of e-learning in medical universities.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted by conventional (inductive) content analysis method in the academic year 2020 in Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. The population consisted of professors, director of the EDC, educational vice-chancellor/president of university. The sample size was selected using purposive sampling. Semi-structured electronic questionnaire was used to collect data and Granheim and Landman content analysis approach was used to analyze the data.
Results: The analysis of qualitative data obtained from 153 questionnaires from 46 universities of medical sciences was done in two main areas: strength and weakness including 17 main categories and 65 sub-categories. Strength includes providing e-learning evaluation tools, Stakeholders monitoring and feedback, assessment and adaptation of virtual lesson plans with curriculum, using the system for evaluation, developing protocols and evaluation mechanisms, forming an accreditation committee, so on. Weakness includes lack of comprehensive evaluation and quality assurance protocol, lack of evaluation infrastructure in Navid system, quantification and attention to the number of contents, ambiguity in ensuring the safety of final exams, so on.
Conclusion: Providing standards and developing an evaluation mechanism can increase the quality of the e-learning evaluation process and make it easier to implement.
