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FUTUREDIRECTIONSFOR

FUTUREDIRECTIONSFOR

QUALITYASSURANCEOFPROFESSIONAL

PREPARATIONINHEALTHEDUCATION

AReportofaJointInvitationalMeeting

Sponsoredbythe

SocietyforPublicHealthEducation

andthe

AmericanAssociationforHealthEducation

January15-16,2000

DullesHyattHotel

Dulles,VA

FUTUREDIRECTIONSFORQUALITYASSURANCE

OFPROFESSIONALPREPARATIONINHEALTHEDUCATION

SOPHE/AAHETaskForceforMeetingPlanning

AAHERepresentatives

DavidBirch,PhD,CHES

IndianaUniversity

DeeWengert,PhD,CHES

TowsonUniversity

BeckySmith,PhD,CHES,CAE

AAHEExecutiveDirector

SOPHERepresentatives

WilliamC.Livingood,Jr,PhD,CHES

EastStroudsburgUniversity

ElaineM.Vitello,PhD,CHES

SouthernIllinoisUniversity

ElaineAuld,MPH,CHES

SOPHEExecutiveDirector

JointAppointment

MaryHawkins,MSPH,CHES

NorthCarolinaCentralUniversity

Chair,SABPAC

FutureDirectionsforQualityAssurance

ofProfessionalPreparationinHealthEducation

TABLEOFCONTENTS

I.ExecutiveSummary………………………………………………………………….Page4

II.Introduction………………………………………………………………………….Page5

A.OrganizationoftheJointInvitationalMeeting…………………………..…..Page6

B.MeetingObjectives…………………………………………………………..Page6

C.KeyMeetingQuestions……………………………………………………...Page7

III.SuccessesandChallengestoQualityAssurance

inProfessionalPreparationinHealthEducation………………………………….…Page9

IV.AlternativeApproachestoQualityAssurance

inProfessionalPreparation…………………………………………………………Page12

V.RecommendationsforImprovingQualityAssurance

inProfessionalPreparation…………………………………………………………Page17

VI.Conclusions………………………………………………………………………...Page19

Appendices

∙AppendixA:

ABriefOverviewoftheChronologyofEventsofQualityAssurance

EffortsforProfessionalPreparationinHealthEducation

∙AppendixB:

ListofMeetingParticipants

∙AppendixC:

MeetingAgenda

FUTUREDIRECTIONSFORQUALITYASSURANCE

OFPROFESSIONALPREPARATIONINHEALTHEDUCATION

I.EXECUTIVESUMMARY

Theprofessionofhealtheducationhasmadesignificantprogressoverthelastseveraldecadesinestablishingsystemstohelpassurethequalityofitsprofessionalpreparationandpractice.Credentialingsystemshavebeenestablishedattheindividuallevel,andprogramaccreditationandreviewmechanismsareavailableforbaccalaureateandsomegraduateprofessionalpreparationprogramsinhealtheducation.Yetasrecentevidenceindicates,existingqualityassurancesystemsinhealtheducationlackcoordination,areunderutilized,andareundervaluedbysomebothwithinandoutsideoftheprofession.Italsohasbeenquestionedwhetherexistingaccreditationapproachesareappropriateforalltypesofgraduateprofessionalpreparationprogramsinhealtheducation.Nonetheless,environmentalindicatorssuggestthathealtheducationmuststrengthenitscurrentqualityassurancesystemstoensureaviable,competitivefuture.

Tobeginexploringthischallenge,theAmericanAssociationforHealthEducation（AAHE）andtheSocietyforPublicHealthEducation（SOPHE）co-sponsoredaninvitationalmeetingonJanuary15-16,2000inDulles,Virginia.Participantsincluded24professionalswhowerebroadlyrepresentativeofhealtheducationprofessionalpreparationprogramsorrelatedstakeholders.Theobjectivesoftheoneandone-halfdaymeetingwereto:

1）reviewcurrentmechanismsofqualityassuranceinprofessionalpreparationofundergraduateandgraduatehealtheducationprograms;2）analyzeanddiscusscurrentenvironmentaltrendsinhealthcare,highereducation,healtheducation,andotherareasthatmayimpactfuturequalityassuranceeffortsinprofessionalpreparation;3）examineaccreditationmechanismsemployedbyotherprofessionsoutsidehealtheducation,includingthebenefitsandchallengesofeachapproach;and4）considerfutureprogramaccreditationoptionstopromotethequalityofhealtheducationprofessionalpreparation.

MeetingparticipantsbrainstormedrecommendationsforSOPHEandAAHEtoconsiderinstrengtheningqualityassuranceforhealtheducation.Consensuswasreachedthatacoordinatedaccreditationsystemisneededattheundergraduateandgraduatelevelsthatbuildsonthestrengthsofcurrentqualityassurancesystems.ThisgoalshouldbereachedbytheestablishmentofaSOPHE/AAHEtaskforcethatischargedto:

1）gatherbackgroundinformationandrefineplansforacomprehensive,coordinatedqualityassurancesystemthatmeetscommonlyacceptedstandardsofaccreditation;2）developprocessesforensuringprofession-wideinvolvementinthediscussionanddesignofsuchasystemtofosteritsadoptionandutilization.

II.INTRODUCTION

Duringthelast30years,thehealtheducationprofessionhasmadesignificantstridesinestablishingcredentialingsystemstohelpassurethequalityofitstrainingprogramsandindividualpractitioners（seeAppendixA）.Inthe1970s,theCouncilonEducationforPublicHealth（CEPH）begantoaccreditgraduateprofessionaleducationinpublichealth,includingthecoredisciplineofpublichealtheducation.Laterthatdecade,CEPHalsobeganaccreditingcommunityhealth/preventivemedicineprogramsandcommunityhealtheducationprogramsoutsideofschoolsofpublichealth.Inthemid-1980s,theSocietyforPublicHealthEducation（SOPHE）andtheAmericanAssociationforHealthEducation（AAHE）formedtheSOPHE/AAHEBaccalaureateProgramApprovalCommittee（SABPAC）toprovideamechanismofqualityassurancereviewforundergraduateprogramsincommunityhealtheducation.In1992,AAHEwasaskedbytheNationalCouncilofAccreditationofTeacherEducation（NCATE）toconductportfolioreviewsforprofessionalpreparationprogramsinschoolhealtheducation.Inthelate1980s,theNationalCommissionforHealthEducationCredentialingbegancertifyingindividualhealtheducationspecialistsbasedonprofession-widecompetenciesforentry-levelhealtheducators.

AAHEandSOPHEareproudtohaveparticipatedintheestablishmentoftheseinitiativestostrengthenthehealtheducationprofession.Bothorganizationsarecommittedtoqualityassuranceaspartoftheirorganizationalmissionsandtheircurrentstrategicplans.Thus,thepresidentsandexecutivedirectorsofAAHEandSOPHEmetinFall1998todiscussvariousenvironmentaltrendsaffectingfuturequalityassuranceeffortsbytheprofession,includingtherecommendationsintworeports:

∙“HealthEducationinthe21stCentury:

SettingtheStage”-Thisdocumentsummarizesa1995invitationalmeetingsponsoredbytheNationalCoalitionofHealthEducationOrganizationsandtheNationalCommissionforHealthEducationCredentialingtoidentifyactionsinternalandexternaltotheprofessionthatareneededtomovetheprofessionforwardintothenewmillenium.

∙“HealthEducationinthe21stCentury:

AWhitePaper”-Thisreport,preparedfortheHealthResourcesandServicesAdministrationin1998,examinedgraduate-levelhealtheducationtrainingneedsinthenewmillennium.

Bothofthesedocumentsidentifiedtheneedforamorecomprehensive,systematicapproachinhealtheducationtoassuringthequalityoftrainingprovidedattheundergraduateandgraduatelevels.Subsequently,AAHEandSOPHEagreedtofundajointmeetingtofullyexploretheissuesrelatedtoqualityassuranceinprofessionalpreparation.

A.OrganizationoftheJointInvitationalMeeting

InearlySummer1999,SOPHEandAAHEpresidentsappointedataskforcetoorganizeaninvitationalmeetingtoexplorefuturedirectionsforqualityassuranceinprofessionalpreparationinhealtheducation.ThetaskforcewascomprisedofthreerepresentativesfromeachorganizationandthechairofSABPAC.Thegroupmetforsixmonthsviaconferencecallstoplantheinvitationalmeetingagenda,recommendanddevelopbackgroundreadingmaterials,identifymeetingspeakers,anddevelopthelistofmeetingparticipants.Theyinvited24professionalsrepresentingabroadrangeofprofessionalpreparationprograms,varyingintermsof:

∙Sizeofstudentenrollmentinprogram-small,medium,largeprograms,

∙Healtheducationdegreesgranted-baccalaureate,master’s,doctorate,

∙Currentaccreditationstatus-SABPAC,CEPH,NCATE（bothprogramsaccreditedandnotaccredited）,

∙Institutionalstatus-publicvs.private,

∙Researchvs.practice-orientedinstitution,

∙Institutionalhierarchyofprogram-alignedwithalliedhealthvs.schoolofeducation,and

∙Geographiclocation.

Inaddition,representativesfromnon-academicinstitutionswhocouldinformthediscussionswereinvited:

AAHE/NCATE,CEPH,theNationalCommissionforHealthEducationCredentialing,andHRSA’sBureauofHealthProfessions.

Tohelpprepareforthemeeting,abackgroundkitofinformationwaspreparedanddisseminatedtoallparticipantsprovidingrelevantinformationoncurrentaccreditingmechanismsaswellasotherrelevantreports,articlesandweb-basedinformation.

B.MeetingObjectives

Twenty-fiveparticipantsattendedthemeetingonJanuary15-16,2000,attheHyattDullesRegency,Dulles,Virginia,whichwasfacilitatedbyDr.LorenBensley,professoremeritusatCentralMichiganUniversity（seeAppendixB,MeetingParticipants）.Theobjectivesoftheoneandone-halfdaymeetingwereto:

∙Toreviewcurrentmechanismsofqualityassuranceinprofessionalpreparationofundergraduateandgraduatehealtheducationprograms,includingtheirmission,organization/structure,criteria,andthenumberofprogramsseekingaccreditation/approvalinrecentyears;

∙Toanalyzeanddiscusscurrentenvironmentaltrendsinhealthcare,highereducation,healtheducation,andotherareasthatmayimpactfuturequalityassuranceeffortsinprofessionalpreparation;

∙