Social accountability and accreditation: a new frontier for educational institutions

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Website: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122563974/abstract

Date posted: 06.10.09

As quoted from the article abstract:

An association with excellence should be reserved for educational institutions which verify that their actions make a difference to people's well-being. The graduates they produce should not only possess all of the competencies desirable to improve the health of citizens and society, but should also use them in their professional practice. Four principles enunciated by the World Health Organization refer to the type of health care to which people have a right, from both an individual and a collective standpoint: quality, equity, relevance and effectiveness. Therefore, social, economic, cultural and environmental determinants of health must guide the strategic development of an educational institution.

 

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