The Paramedicine Accreditation Committee and accreditation in the

The Paramedicine Accreditation Committee and accreditation in the National Scheme.

Today’s session • • • Welcome The National Scheme and the role of the Accreditation Committee (plus Q&A session) Draft proposed Accreditation Standards (plus Q&A session) • Multiprofession accreditation guidelines (plus Q&A session) • Any other questions and close 10 mins 20 mins 45 mins 30 mins 10 mins 2

The National Scheme and the role of the Accreditation Committee 3

The National Scheme 4

Key entities within the National Scheme National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner Agency Management Committee COAG Health Council (Ministerial Council) National Boards Accreditation Authorities 10 Councils 5 Committees State / territory / regional boards and National Board committees AHPRA 5

The Paramedicine Accreditation Committee Eileen Willis (Chair) Alan Morrison (co-Deputy Chair) William Lord (co-Deputy Chair) Anthony Hucker Richard Larsen Martin Nichols Helen Webb 6

Accreditation functions Aim • To ensure that practitioners have the knowledge, skills and professional attributes necessary to practise the profession in Australia whether qualified in Australia or overseas 7

Accreditation under the National Law National Board Accreditation authority • Decides on accreditation authority (external entity or committee) • Exercises assigned accreditation functions • Assigns accreditation functions to accreditation authority • Publishes how it will exercise its accreditation functions • Develops accreditation standards (wide-ranging consultation) • Assesses and accredits programs of study • Monitors approved programs of study • Approves accreditation standards • Approves (or refuses to approve) accredited programs as providing qualifications for registration • Publishes a list of approved programs of study 8

Program accreditation under the National Law • Quality and risk mitigation • Ensuring graduates are qualified for registration • Approved programs of study most common pathway for registration 9

Any questions? 10

Draft proposed Accreditation Standards for Paramedicine 11

Development of the Accreditation standards for Paramedicine 12

Process for the development of the accreditation standards Accreditation Committee and AHPRA have governance oversight of the project – formed an Expert Reference Group (ERG) William Lord (Chair) Eileen Willis Alan Morrison Anthony Hucker Richard Larsen Martin Nichols Helen Webb Brett Williams 13

Process for the development of accreditation standards Develop initial draft Preliminary consultation Analyse stakeholder feedback 14

Process for the development of accreditation standards Revise draft Public consultation Analyse stakeholder feedback 15

Process for the development of accreditation standards Revise draft Committee sign off Seek Para. BA approval 16

Key proposed changes • safe practice and cultural competence • outcomes relevant to the expected competence of graduates • reflect an outcome-focused approach • consist of five standards with accompanying criteria • do not contain the professional capabilities • include expected information and explanatory notes 17

Structure of the draft Standards Standard 1 Assuring safe practice is paramount in program design and implementation Standard 2 Academic governance and quality improvement strategies, policies and procedures are effective in developing and delivering/implementing sustainable, high-quality education at the program level Standard 3 Program design, delivery and resourcing enable students to achieve professional capabilities endorsed by the Board Standard 4 Students in the program are given equitable and timely access to information and support Standard 5 All graduates have demonstrated they have achieved all the learning outcomes required of the program, including the requirements for safe and competent practice, and the professional capabilities endorsed by the Board 18

Feedback sought • Public consultation underway - closes on 13 March 2020. • The consultation paper is available on the AHPRA/ Paramedicine/ Accreditation consultations page 19

Any questions? 20

Multiprofession accreditation guidelines 21

Multiprofession accreditation guidelines This document is intended to assist: • education providers seeking accreditation (and maintaining accreditation) of their programs • assessment teams evaluating programs for accreditation purposes • members of the accreditation committees in their decision-making, and • other interested stakeholders. 22

Program accreditation Accreditation of programs involves three key areas of activity: • Assessment of programs • Decisions about accreditation of programs, and • Monitoring of accredited programs 23

Assessment of programs 24

Decisions about accreditation of programs – Program will be accredited if the education provider and program meet all the standards – Program has conditions imposed if it substantially meets the standards, and the conditions ensure the standards are met within a reasonable time – Program has accreditation refused if it has substantially not met the standards or will be unable to meet the approved accreditation standards within a reasonable time 25

Monitoring of approved programs of study 26

For more information For the draft proposed accreditation standards and the response template, please visit: https: //www. paramedicineboard. gov. au/Accreditation/ Accreditation-consultation. aspx Feedback closes 13 March 2020. 27

Any questions? If you have any questions about the Paramedicine Accreditation Committee, please contact the Program Accreditation Team at: program. accreditation@ahpra. gov. au 28