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Accrediting excellence for a medical school’s impact on population health Dr. Charles Boelen boelen.charles@wanadoo.fr WHS Kish Island 2019

r e le vanc e Health quality needs of e quity SOCIETY Cost- e ffe c tive ne ss

Social obligation of medical schools Education Research Service * Quality * Equity * Relevance * Cost- effectiveness Ref : Boelen C. Defining and measuring the social accountability of medical schools, WHO, Geneva, 1995

Medical school’s impact on population health MISSIONS Low impact High impact Education Discipline based Contextual Research Clinical cases Health determinants Service Tertiary hospital Primary health care

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A socially accountable medical school • Responds to current and future health needs and challenges in society • Reorients their education, research and service priorities accordingly • Strengthens governance and partnerships with other stakeholders • Uses evaluation and accreditation to assess performance and impact Ref :www.healthsocialaccountability.org

Relationship Building Partnership Pentagram Policy makers Health administrators Health professionals Health system based on people’s needs Academic institutions Communities Ref : Boelen C, Towards Unity For Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2000

Revisiting accreditation standards through the CPU model C Conception The school is aware and anticipates priority health needs of society P Production The school conducts relevant activities to meet identified priorities U Usability The school ensures that priorities can be met Ref : Boelen C & Woollard R, Social accountability and accreditation : A new frontier for educational institutions. Med Educ 2009,43:887-94

Status of standards for accrediting medical schools C ONCEPTION P RODUCTION U SABILITY + +++ + Curre nt sta nda rds +++ +++ +++ Ne w sta nda rds

Global project for revisiting accreditation standards Accreditation bodies reviewed Actions in progress LCME WFME *Advocacy CACMS *Global networking GMC *Research AMC CIDMEF Ref : Paper in press: « Accrediting excellence for a medical school’s impact on population health « .