Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
The Role of Accreditation in Enhancing Quality and Innovation in Health Professions Education: A Workshop
April 21–22, 2016
The Keck Center of the National Academies, Room 100
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1: April 21, 2016
Breakfast conversation with the recent Minister of Public Health, Thailand, Rajata Rajatanavin
8:00–8:30am, Room 106
| 9:00am |
Welcome Susan Scrimshaw, Co-Chair, Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education |
SESSION I:
MYTHS, TRADE-OFFS FOR ACCREDITATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS
Objective: To set a foundation of understanding about what accreditation is; what can and cannot be realistically accomplished through
accreditation; and what is driving the calls to change accreditation (e.g., costs, need to promote innovation, interprofessional approaches).
| 9:10am | Orientation to the Workshop |
| Neil Harvison, Workshop Co-Chair | |
| 9:20am | Accreditation: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities |
| Susan Phillips, University at Albany, State University of New York | |
| 9:40am | Facilitated Discussion and Q&A |
| 10:00am | Trade-Offs for Accreditation |
| Facilitator: Eric Holmboe, Workshop Co-Chair | |
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Question 1: Will requiring attention to a topic through accreditation actually improve the quality of education in that area? |
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Question 2: How will an accrediting agency know if an added topic or new criterion actually improved the quality of education? Should there be some sort of litmus test, etc.? |
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| 10:45am | BREAK |
| 11:15am | Professional Drivers of Accreditation |
| Objective: To consider how accreditation could be a motivator for educators to innovate, and, conversely, how accreditation might cause obstructions to innovations in education. | |
| Debate 1 Proposition: Accreditation Hinders Innovation | |
| Moderator: Rick Talbott, Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions | |
| Debater: Elizabeth Hoppe, Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry | |
| Debater: Karen Wolf, Pennsylvania State University College of Nursing |
| Debate 2 Proposition: Accreditation Stimulates Progress in Low-Resource Settings | |
| Moderator: Holly Wise, American Council of Academic Physical Therapy | |
| Debater: Nelson Sewankambo, Makerere University, Uganda | |
| Debater: Warren Newton, American Board of Family Medicine | |
| 12:00pm | Marketplace of Ideas: Presentations and Instructions |
| Two-minute presentations on topics of interest followed by individual discussions in breakout rooms for all those interested in joining the conversation | |
| 12:15pm | LUNCH |
| Marketplace Optional Lunchtime Discussions | |
| Keck 100 will remain open for networking | |
| Discussion 1: 12:45pm to 1:15pm | |
| Discussion 2: 1:15pm to 1:45pm | |
| Interprofessional Education (Room 101) | |
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Discussion 1: Assessment of interprofessional teamwork competencies: A role in accreditation systems? |
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Discussion 2: Buy-in for interprofessional education standards in accreditation |
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| Enhancing Quality and Innovation (Room 105) | |
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Discussion 1: Is accreditation necessary for a quality training program? |
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Discussion 2: Exploring the role of accreditation to advance interprofessional education: The role of accreditation in enhancing quality and innovation in health professions education |
| High Stakes Examinations (Room 102) | |
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Discussion 1: High-stakes testing: Implications for accreditation standards for health professions education |
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Discussion 2: Setting, implementing, and acting on a bright-line outcome standard for program pass rates on a national board exam |
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| Innovation (Room 106) | |
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Discussion 1: Accreditation versus innovation |
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Discussion 2: Using accreditation to foster well-being and address burnout in health professionals, students, and educators |
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| Webcast-Only Session 12:50–1:45pm (Room 201) |
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Moderator: Maria Tassone, University of Toronto, Canada
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SESSION II:
COMPETENCY-BASED ACCREDITATION AND COLLABORATION
Objective: To engage health professional educators, accreditors, and others in small and large group discussions that explore challenges and opportunities to greater harmonization among and between groups with vested interests in accreditation and quality improvement.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Fostering Innovation Through Collaboration
| 2:00pm | Breakout Group Instructions |
| Instructions by Neil Harvison | |
| 2:15pm |
Breakout Groups:
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| 4:00pm | BREAK—Close small group session |
| 4:30pm |
Small Group Report Back and Facilitated Discussion Moderator: Neil Harvison, Workshop Co-Chair
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| 5:00pm | ADJOURN |
| DAY 2: April 22, 2016 | |
| 8:00am |
Reflections of Day 1 Malcolm Cox, Co-Chair, Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education |
SESSION III: ENGAGING NEW PARTNERS IN ACCREDITATION
Objective: To identify strategies to engage key partners in accreditation in order to enhance quality and innovation.
| 8:15am | The Role of Patients, Families, Communities, and/or Populations in Health Professional Education Accreditation |
| Facilitator: Jo Ann Regan, Council on Social Work Education | |
| Speaker: Christine MacDonell, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities | |
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| 9:00am | Innovative Models of Accreditation: One Health Accreditation Across Nations |
| Moderator: Deborah Kochevar, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University | |
| The One Health Initiative is a movement to forge coequal collaborations among human health professionals, ecologists, and veterinarians to monitor and control public health threats. |
| Question: How can this model of collaboration be applied to meet the needs of accreditation across the health professions? | |
| Question: Given the globalization of the workforce, how do professional groups and accreditors from different nations get past the different education systems in order to reach the common core clinical competencies? | |
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| 10:30am | BREAK |
SESSION IV: THE WAY FORWARD
Objective: To explore issues involving evaluating quality and what makes a good “requirement.”
| 11:00am |
Core Competencies That Apply to All Health Professions: “Quick Takes” Moderator: Pamela Jeffries, George Washington University
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| 12:00pm | Movement Toward Competency-Based Education |
| How can accreditation foster innovation? | |
| David Benton, National Council of State Boards of Nursing | |
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| 12:30pm | Facilitated Discussion on Next Steps |
| Workshop Co-Chairs | |
| 1:00pm | LUNCH / ADJOURNMENT |
| Room 100 will remain open until 5:00pm for networking opportunities. |
