Establishment of an accreditation system for midwifery education in Afghanistan: maintaining quality during national expansion
| Autor: | Jeffrey M. Smith, Sheena Currie, Pashtoon Azfar, Ahmed Javed Rahmanzai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty Teaching method Schools Nursing Midwifery Accreditation Technical support Nursing medicine Humans Education Nursing Curriculum book Medical education Obstetrics business.industry Public health Teaching Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Afghanistan General Medicine Workforce development Nursing standard Nursing Education Research book.journal business |
| Zdroj: | Public health. 122(6) |
| ISSN: | 0033-3506 |
| Popis: | Summary Objective To establish a mechanism for ensuring and regulating quality of pre-service midwifery education in Afghanistan during a period of intense expansion. Study design Case study of public health practice in health workforce development. Methods Afghanistan's high maternal mortality is due, in part, to a lack of competent skilled midwives. In post-conflict Afghanistan, 21 midwifery schools were re-opened or established between 2003 and 2007 in an atmosphere without proper regulatory mechanisms for ensuring educational quality. A national accreditation programme for midwifery education was developed with the following components: an appropriate policy foundation; educational standards and tools to assess achievement of these standards; technical support to programmes to identify gaps and solve problems; and a system of official recognition. Results All midwifery schools were mandated to achieve accreditation. Nineteen schools had been accredited by early 2007, with an average achievement of 91% of the agreed and mandated national standards for running a midwifery school. One school has been closed by the National Midwifery Education Accreditation Board due to inability to achieve the standards. Conclusion Establishment of a national mechanism to accredit midwifery schools and ensure quality education can be achieved during a period of rapid expansion. |
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