ASPHER Working Group on Accreditation for Public Health Education

Chair: Stojgniew Jacek Sitko (SPH Medical College Jagiellonian University Krakow, ASPHER EB)
Tel: +48 12 424 13 75, mailto:mxsitko@cyf-kr.edu.pl

Co-chairs:
Marie-Odile Ottenwaelter (Representing Antoine Flahault, Quality assuarance consultant for EHESP)
Ramune Kalediene (SPH Kaunas University of Medicine, PEER coordinator, ASPHER EB)
Tel: +370 7 732535, mailto:kaleda@kaunas.omnitel.net

ASPHER’s Accreditation for Public Health Education Programme (LdV_PH-ACCR): An Overview


Proposed Work Plan 2010:

Actions towards establishment of EAAPHE (European Accreditation Agency for PH Education)

1. Review of the ASPHER achievements in elaborating the EAAPHE

(a) The foundations from the past

(b) Output of the LdV_PH-ACCR programme

(c) Interest of EU-PH Partners towards EAAPHE

(d) ASPHER 2015

(e) Conclusion

2. EAAPHE - Accreditation Standards – state of art

3. Current developments in the area of accreditation of education and in PH sector in Europe – update and conclusions

4. EAAPHE – position, structure and functioning

(a) Positioning of EAAPHE in EU PH

(b) Affiliation (the 1st and 2nd phase)

(c) Structure
i. Board and management
ii. Secretariat
iii. Reviewers

(d) Procedures
i. Regular operations
ii. Accreditation process

(e) Financing
i. Current, regular costs of EAAPHE
ii. Accreditation costs
iii. Scenarios

(f) Further development
i. Upgrading of standards and procedures
ii. International cooperation
iii. Next areas of interest

5. Overall schedule for setting up the EAAPHE

(a) Report – till April/May 2010

(b) Organizing phase – Sept/Oct 2010

(c) Launching the accreditations – Dec/Jan 2011