Harmonizing Regional Standards for Medical Education Accreditation
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| Twenty representatives from four countries discussed accreditation of medical education at the USAID-supported workshop |
Representatives from Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, and Uzbek Ministries of Health as well as from medical education and educational accreditation bodies agreed to increase consistency for accreditation of medical education. The four Central Asian countries will harmonize accreditation by basing regulations on World Federation of Medical Education standards. This
decision was reached at a Regional Medical Education Accreditation Workshop organized by two USAID programs, ZdravPlus and the Participant Training Program, on May 11-12, 2006.
An expert from the World Federation of Medical Education assisted seminar participants to clarify accreditation concepts, purpose, roles, and responsibilities. Following the workshop, each country will prepare a specification of standards for further regional discussion and agreement, as well as research how to harmonize the legal and regulatory base for medical accreditation across countries, and then start drafting legislation for it. Region-wide introduction of internationally-accepted standards is one of the steps to improve the legislative, regulatory, and policy environment in the health area. It will improve accreditation of medical education and ensure a better quality education for health professionals in the region.
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