Ford C W, Cicarelli S M
J Allied Health. 1982 Nov;11(4):291-301.
Accreditation is a major issue in allied health education, because it is a time-consuming and expensive process. Program accreditation needs to be streamlined to avoid costly duplication. Joint coordination of the accreditation process is one approach that needs to be tested. This article is a summary of a coordinated accreditation for the departments of medical technology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. It focuses on the rationale for such an approach, the protocol established to avoid duplication, the procedures and methods followed in preparing and implementing a joint self-study/site survey, and the results of the experiment. Specific recommendations include common areas of effort among the programs and methods of saving time. Some general observations about the process are made, and it is concluded that a coordinated model is one viable alternative to individual program accreditation.
认证是联合健康职业教育中的一个主要问题，因为它是一个耗时且昂贵的过程。项目认证需要简化，以避免成本高昂的重复工作。认证过程的联合协调是一种需要进行测试的方法。本文是对纽约州立大学布法罗分校医学技术、职业治疗和物理治疗系联合认证的总结。它重点关注这种方法的基本原理、为避免重复而制定的方案、准备和实施联合自我评估/实地考察所遵循的程序和方法，以及实验结果。具体建议包括各项目之间的共同工作领域和节省时间的方法。文中对该过程进行了一些一般性观察，并得出结论，即协调模式是单个项目认证的一种可行替代方案。
