ADVANCES IN ACCREDITATION IN SPAIN ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY

ADVANCES IN ACCREDITATION IN SPAIN ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SPANISH MEDICAL SCHOOLS Jordi Palés Universitat of Barcelona Member of the Accreditation Board ANECA 1

Overview 1. - The Spanish context of evaluation and accreditation. 2. - International Evaluation. International Labels. 3. - Links between WFME standards and evaluation procedures in Spain. 2

1. - The Spanish context of evaluation and accreditation 3

The QA framework in Spain QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES National level Autonomous Communities (10 Agencies) Network of QA Agencies in Spain (REACU): 4

The QA framework in Spain EHEA Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance Spanish legal framework University Act, Modified in 2007 Royal Decrees: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 Evaluation Procedures of ANECA 5

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA Programme Accreditation in Spain The sum of three processes: PROJECT Definition of intended LO Assures the quality of the educational proposal EX - ANTE IMPLEMENTATION Progress of the study programme ACCOUNTABILITY Assessment of the achieved LO Assures the validity of the project once it has been implemented Assures quality of learning (competency and qualification) Follow-up EX - POST 6

Universities decide to implement a degree (Bachelor/Master) Ask to the Universities How will you design it? Universities present a proposal

Verification process: ANECA approves the proposals of Universities , checking that any degree to be implemented by an University meets the legal requirements established by the Government’s regulations 1. Description of the general characteristics of the Degree 2. Justification of the need of the Degree (according to social needs) 3. Description of learning outcomes to acquire by students 4. Admission process according to national laws 5. Teaching planning 6. Academic Staff (number and expertise) 7. Resources and services (material resources for teaching) 8. Expected Results 9. System for quality assurance 10. Mobility system 11. Realistic implementation schedule 8

Once a university has implemented a programme, it starts an annual follow-up procedure. The MONITOR Programme deals with this part of the process in order to monitor the start-up of the programme supporting universities gradually to improve the teaching offered to their students. Evaluation criteria: Dimension 1. Information to Society and prospective students Dimension 2. Students support Dimension 3. Quality Assurance System Dimension 4. Indicators 9

After 6 years of implementation (Medicine) INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION BY ANECA (through institution self diagnosis + external evaluation including ON-SITE VISIT What have you done? ACCREDITATION (yes or not)

Accreditation of programmes Compulsory for all official programmes since 2007 Royal Decree 1393/2007 11

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA The procedure Self-evaluation Site-Visit by experts panel Evaluation for Accreditation 12

ACCREDITATION OF PROGRAMS Assessment Framework for expost programme accreditation: Site visit required! Is the programme being implemented according to the project proposal commitment? Do the achieved results justify the renewal of the accreditation of the programme? 13

2. - International Evaluation. International Labels 14

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA GOALS INTERNATIONALIZATION! To offer, within some disciplines, the possibility to obtain an international label simultaneously with the compulsory process for ex-post national accreditation. 15

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA Assessment for European/International Labels Currently in place in TWO disciplines Engineering Informatics 16

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA Assessment Framework for expost programme accreditation+EUR-ACE Label: Site visit required! Common to the compulsory national accreditation Additional information for the label 17

The evaluation of academic degrees and institutions in ANECA Labels under the umbrella of EAEVE European Association of Establishmen ts for Veterinary Education ENAEE AACSB Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business WFME World Federation for Medical Education leading international system of Regional offices in Africa, The European Association of quality assessment, Americas, Eastern Establishments for Veterinary improvement, and accreditation Mediterranean, Europe, South Education (EAEVE) in coof higher education institutions East Asia, Western Pacidfic operation with the Federation of in management and business Veterinarians of Europe (FVE). administration EQANIE European funded project to jolint European accreditation standards and a qualification framework for accreditation of informatics / computer-science education ECTN More than 200 chemical societies and HE EEuropean Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education All European Engineering Accreditation Agencies + FEANI, SEFI, CESAER, EUROCADRE S etc. 18

Starting from 2023, the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates in the United States will require foreign medical graduates applying for ECFMG Certification in the US to have graduated from a medical school that is accredited through a formal process using criteria comparable to those established for US medical schools, or other globally accepted criteria, such as those developed by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). 19

3. - Links between WFME standards and evaluation STANDARDS procedures in Spain. 20

WFME NATIONAL AGENCIES MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ✔ EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME ✔ ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS ✔ STUDENTS ADMISSION Admission policy Students intake Student support and counselling Student representation 21

WFME NATIONAL AGENCIES ACADEMIC STAFF/FACULTY ✔ EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ✔ 6. 1. Educational expertise ? PROGRAMME EVALUATION ✔ GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CONTINUOUS RENEWAL NON EVALUATED AT PRESENT BY NATIONAL AGENCIES 22

CONCLUSIONS The current compulsory accreditation process of the programmes can provide information about the 70% of the WFME standards If one medical school decides to apply for the certification of its IQAS via AUDIT programme, information about the 80% of WFME standards could be obtained 23

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Thank you for your attention Gracias por su atención jpales@ub. edu 26