This paper describes the processes involved in developing and implementing the Doctor of Computing (DComp) programme at UNITEC Institute of Technology. It is the first professional doctorate in computing to be offered in New Zealand and required a rigorous and prolonged approval and accreditation process, involving a panel of eight people set up by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA...

As the global economy grew in the latter half of the 20th Century, the demand for the mobility of engineers greatly increased. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), an accreditation agency serving primarily the United States, began to look at engineering programs outside of the United States with the intent of establishing recognized reciprocit...

introduction: the application of organizational ethics in hospitals is one of the novel ways to improve medical ethics. nowadays achieving efficient and sufficient ethical hospital indicators seems to be inevitable. in this connection, the present study aims to determine the best indicators in hospital accreditation. methods: 69 indicators in 11 fields to evaluate hospital ethics were achieved ...

According to the Nairobi Call to Action, the growth of practitioners' skills can be favoured by setting accreditation standards and by reorienting professional competencies of current and future health workers. This will make it possible to develop a critical mass of competent practitioners, foster training, and increase visibility of the professional field. Through a review of the literature, ...

Our contribution is part of a broader study conducted in cooperation with the national accreditation body Engineers Ireland that examined conceptualisation and education ethics engineering programmes Ireland. The paper qualitative examination use case studies includes 23 from 6 higher institutions aims to determine (RQ1) how cases are selected, (RQ2) goals envisioned for instruction, (RQ3) char...

The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs/Schools is an autonomous multidisciplinary credentialing body existing under the corporate structure of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). The structure and policies of the Council gives recognition to the interdependency of related professions and society at-large providing for broad input and participati...

The aim of this study was to develop a competency based training programme to support multidisciplinary working in a combined biochemistry and haematology laboratory. The training programme was developed to document that staff were trained in the full range of laboratory tests that they were expected to perform. This programme subsequently formed the basis for the annual performance review of a...