Background and Objective: Hospitals play an important role in protecting the health and survival of people during disasters. Despite the development of risk management programs worldwide in recent years, hospital preparedness in disasters is low and one reason for that is the lack of hospital standards for disaster preparedness. This study aims to develop hospital accreditation standards for ho...

ONE of the duties incumbent upon an international scientific organization is the establishment of a system of standard measures and methods for general use within its particular science. In ophthalmology, this need was beginning to be felt at the end of the 19th century, and at the X Ophthalmological Congress which was held at Lucerne in 1904 the Societe franQaise d'Ophtalmologie made certain p...

The ACC’s goals with respect to international efforts are as follows: increase international participation in educational activities; increase international knowledge exchange; increase international participation in practice standards and quality initiatives; and increase communication on international activities. At first glance, it might seem odd for an American medical society to have an in...

New National and State standards are being mandated for all children, including children with disabilities. The challenge is to ensure that teachers have the training and tools to meet the needs of a heterogeneous population. This presentation describes a professional development effort for teachers designed to model standard-based instruction in science, so that their students can achieve the ...

The aim of this educational review, which is based upon expert opinion, is to describe to clinicians training in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and research students training to work in the field, the appropriate attributes and standards required for assessment and outcome measurement. "What to assess" is discussed in the context of the conceptual framework provided by the International C...

International educational institutes are aiming to be accredited by local and international accreditation agencies such as the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and so forth to be recognized by stakeholders. The institutes are striving to meet the stakeholders’ expectations by integrating quality in all stand...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, in the former Yugoslavia, there were no organized educational and scientific activities in the field of echocardiography. Existing Working group of Echocardiography of the national cardiology society has been inactive for years. The new echo organization was born in April 2001, on the wings of enthusiasm of few cardiologists, who felt that the time ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of graduates of international medical schools who seek Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certification based on accreditation of their medical education programmes. For the self-selected population who took United States Medical Licensing Examinations during the study period (2006-2010), accreditation was associated...

an International Ophthalmology Strategic Plan to preserve and restore vision ± Vision for the Future. This strategic plan involved a multi pronged approach to reduce visual impairment and blindness worldwide, and the following actions have been completed or are underway to make this plan a reality: " IFOS/ICO fellowships have been established under the leadership of Professor Balder Gloor to pr...