Guidelines on Quality Assurance in

Medical Education

Prof. Dr. Md. Mahfuzar

Rahman

Quality Assurance
Guarantee that the
Required standards are being
met
(Australian Higher Education Council)

Contd.
Quality assurance
Totality of systems
resources and information
devoted
to maintain and improve the
quality and standards of
teaching, scholarship and
research and

Purpose
Achieving academic
standards
Improving teaching / learning
quality and
Enhance students
achievement

Aims
Support academic staff
Improve performance of the
institution
Provide communication
between staff and
stakeholders

Principles
Accountability
Self evaluation
External peer review

Outline of QA Guideline
Organizational framework
Council & committees

Operational framework
Course appraisal
Faculty development and
review scheme

Purpose of regional
guideline
To establish a QA system
To adopt the needs of
country
To incorporate framework
according to their own

Contd.
To improve healthcare system
To build up future service
providers
To meet the challenges of
undergraduate medical
education
To expose students a series of
learning experience using

Contd.
To achieve stated academic
standard, teaching quality of
the institution
To support academic staffs for
their personal development
and job satisfaction
To identify needs of the
community

QA Framework
Organizational
National QAB responsible for
QA in undergraduate medical
education
Ensure standards in all medical
institutions
Review QA process through visits
every 5 years
Members of NQAB (depends on
countries protocol)

Contd.
Local QAB
Academic Council
Course Committee
Phase Coordination Groups
Subject Coordinators
External Examiners
External Assessor

Contd.
Operational
Course appraisal
Faculty development & review
scheme
External review
Each country will incorporate
framework according to their own
settings.

Organizational Framework of
Local QAB
LQAB
Academic Council
External Assessor Course Committee
External
Examiner

Phase 1 Gr
Gr

Phase 2 Gr

Phase 3

Operational Framework
Procedures and
processes of
monitoring &
evaluation of
MBBS course

Procedures & process

Course Appraisal
Faculty Development and
Review Scheme
External review

Contd.
Academic
Coordinator
Phase
Coordinators
Subject
coordinators

Faculty Development & Review

Scheme
Vice Principal
Head of Department
(responsible for actual
implementation)

External review
By Government approved
National QA Body (NQAB)
The NQAB will arrange visits to
the colleges by a team of
external reviewers in every 5
years
A report for the college to
stimulate further improvement of
standards