Quality has become a matter of major importance for higher education institutions generally, but particularly so for institutions involved in open and distance learning (ODL) (Higher Education Council, 1997; Twigg, 2000; Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommucations, 2003). Quality assurance for distance higher education is one of the main concerns among institutions and stakeholders tod...

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INTRODUCTION In recent years researchers have reported deficits in the quality of care provided to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including low rates of performance on quality measures. We sought to determine the influence of a quality improvement (QI) continuing education program on rheumatologists' performance on national quality measures for RA, along with other measures aligned wi...

This paper presents the framework of higher education quality assessment. The estimates of education quality can be used by the chiefs of higher education establishments (HEE) to take management decisions. The suggested approach is based on SERVQUAL method, supposing that education quality is the quality of provided service. Within the elaborated framework students fill in the questionnaire, th...

Thus, when there is a large variation in the number of specialists, it may be more difficult to achieve a harmonization of the content of the speciality and specialist training. Given the free movement and automatic recognition of medical specialists in the EU, it would be important to develop a programme for the recognition of quality and for quality assurance of the specialist training. So fa...

The quality of education is of prime importance. Is this quality being achieved effectively? Can education achieve better quality with the current level of resources? Is there an adequate awareness of effectivity in education, and is there sufficient knowledge of the cost of education at the practical level? In the Education Council's view, effectiveness is a valid approach, but not the only on...

Pacific Telepathology service has been established at Fiji school of Medicine (FSM) with technical support from University of Basel. The service is designed for remote consultation, continuing medical education (CME) health care research (HCR). To develop Telepathology services for participation with international Telepathology community for improving quality of health care in the Pacific. Tele...