2021, Number 2
Evaluation and accreditation of postgraduate specialties at the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey
Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 471-483
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ABSTRACT
Background: The evaluation and accreditation of postgraduate specialties is a voluntary process through which a health organization is able to measure the quality of its services and their performance against nationally or internationally recognized standards.Objective: Describe the results of the evaluation and accreditation of postgraduate specialties at the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey from 2018 to the present.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe consisted of 37 specialties with updated academic credits, which certifies them as suitable programs to be submitted to an external evaluation process. For the statistical analysis of the qualitative variables studied, absolute numbers and percent were used for the summary of the information. The results were expressed in text and statistical tables.
Results: Of the 37 specialties with updated academic credits, nine were accredited, seven of them with superior categories of excellence, two with certified categories.
Conclusions: From 2018 to the present of the 37 specialties with updated academic credits, nine specialty programs have been evaluated and accredited, in addition there are eight with self-evaluation files to undergo the virtual external evaluation process.
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