tailieunhanh - European Accreditation of Public Health Education

Several countries are now collaborating with each other to use satellite for tele- education and tele-medicine. Space technology has now proliferated into everyday life particularly in developing economies through wireless communication, navigation, disaster communication, tele-education and tele-health care (Sengupta, 2008). Not only developing but developed nations are also using benefits of satellite system. Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal (2008) declared that Satellite systems are also crucial in ensuring all Europeans can access the Information Society in rural and outlying regions, where other systems are difficult to deploy on a commercial basis. By providing these regions with high- quality access to Information. | 30 Public Health Reviews Vol. 33 No 1 30-38 European Accreditation of Public Health Education Robert Otok MPH 1 Ilana Levin MPH 1 Stojgniew Sitko PhD 2 Antoine Flahault MD PhD1 3 ABSTRACT The European Agency for Accreditation in Public Health Education APHEA was launched in 2011. This followed nearly two decades of efforts in a variety of programmes supported by international donor agencies and others that provided experience and field testing of peer review systems for schools of public health in Europe. The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region ASPHER Public Health Education European Review PEER project devised with the aid of WHO EURO in the early 1990s and later by the Open Society Institute OSI within the framework of a joint ASPHER-OSI Program from 20002005 helped to develop a cadre of expertise on the process of international peer review and standards that are compatible with a full accreditation process. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the background criteria and current pilot phase of European accreditation for the Master of Public Health degree and equivalent study programmes. Undergoing the accreditation process will help longstanding and new schools review their programmes to meet new European accreditation system standards and provide students graduates and potential employers with confidence in the future acceptability of their credentials. The new accreditation agency was established by a consortium of European public health organisations and represents a new phase for development of standards and quality of education systems in Europe to face the challenges of workforce development for a New Public Health era in the 21st century. Keywords Accreditation public health education Europe Recommended Citation Otok R Levin I Sitko S Flahault A. European Accreditation of Public Health Education. Public Health Reviews. 2011 33 30-8. 1 Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region ASPHER .