| A model of quality assurance and quality improvement for post-graduate medical education in Europe. | |
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PMID: 20163217 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The issue of quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI), being the quality of medical education intimately related to the quality of the health care, is becoming of paramount importance worldwide. AIM: To describe a model of implementing a system for internal QA and QI within a post-graduate paediatric training programme based on the ISO 9001:2000 standard. METHODS: For the ISO 9001:2000 standard, the curriculum was managed as a series of interrelated processes and their level of function was monitored by ad hoc elaborated objective indicators. RESULTS: The training programme was fragmented in 19 interlinked processes, 15 related procedures and 24 working instructions. All these materials, along with the quality policy, the mission, the strategies and the values were made publicly available. Based on the measurable indicators developed to monitor some of the processes, areas of weakness of the system were objectively identified and consequently QI actions implemented. The appropriateness of all this allowed the programme to finally achieve an official ISO 9000:2001 certification. CONCLUSIONS: The application of the ISO 9001:2000 standard served to develop an internal QA and QI system and to meet most of the standards developed for QA in higher and medical education. |
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Authors:
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Liviana Da Dalt; Silvia Callegaro; Anna Mazzi; Antonio Scipioni; Paola Lago; Maria L Chiozza; Franco Zacchello; Giorgio Perilongo |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical teacher Volume: 32 ISSN: 1466-187X ISO Abbreviation: Med Teach Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-02-18 Completed Date: 2010-05-07 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909593 Medline TA: Med Teach Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e57-64 Citation Subset: IM |
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Postgraduate Pediatric Training Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. liviana.dadalt@unipd.it |
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Consumer Satisfaction Europe Humans Internship and Residency / organization & administration*, standards Pediatrics / organization & administration Program Evaluation Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration*, standards |
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