Accreditation

Primary health care encompasses laboratory testing where the entire analysis is performed by health care professionals in close proxim­ity to the patient. The purpose of this survey was to understand the range of testing performed in primary health care in Sweden. The results obtained from the survey have been compared to data on the same topic published twenty years ago. The most frequently performed analyses in primary health care have barely changed in the last twenty years. For example, hemoglobin and sedimentation rate analyses are still prevalent. The variety of analyses performed in primary health care has increased, however. C-reactive protein is now a commonly performed analysis. Moreover, in this survey, the degree to which laboratories are quality assured and accredited has been investigated. Accreditation and quality assurance of laboratories varies regionally in Sweden with those facilities meeting the criteria varying from 0% in a province to 100%.

Objective:The aim of this study was to design and present an appropriate validation model at the level of the Department of Islamic Azad University.
Methods: The research method is a combination of consecutive explanatory design and in terms of purpose is among the applied research. The statistical population in the quantitative part included the heads of departments and faculty members of the Islamic Azad University and in the qualitative part included experts and faculty members. Quantitative sample size of 36 department heads and 97 faculty members was determined by random stratified sampling method and in qualitative section 66 expert faculty members and field specialists were determined by non-random snowball sampling method. Researcher-made questionnaire, interview and checklist were used. The face and content validity of the questionnaires and research tools were determined using the opinions of experts, supervisors and consultants and the reliability of the questionnaires was estimated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.97. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data
Results: Findings showed that from the perspective of the sample, the quality of the dimensions and the process of implementing the internal and external evaluation plan of the university is above average.
Conclusion: The results showed that five steps are necessary for validation at the departmental level and the number of 8 factors, 42 criteria and 214 validation indicators were identified and the validation model has a good fit

Globalization is a broad term referring to the increasing connectivity, integration, and interdependence of economies, societies, technologies, cultures, and political and ecological spheres across the world. This position paper was developed by a working group of the 2007 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute. The authors explore the effect that globalization has had on dentistry and dental education to date and hypothesize what dental education could look like in the years ahead. While the paper is written from a North American perspective, some of the authors bring international expertise and experience to the topic of global dental education in a flat world. Specific issues and barriers addressed in this position paper include variations in accreditation and licensure requirements in dental education throughout the world; the historical development of dental education models (odontology and stomatology) and the need for congruency of these models in t...