Allied health accreditation faces major changes

Article Abstract:

The American Medical Association (AMA) is supporting the development of a new, freestanding accreditation agency to replace the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA). The proposal for a freestanding accreditation body was made by the AMA in Oct 1992. A second important accreditation agency, the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation will cease to exist at the end of 1993. An educational institution's eligibility to receive federal student aid has traditionally been determined by a combination of state licensing agencies, non-governmental accreditation bodies and the federal government. In July 1992, the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1992 were signed by then-President George Bush. The AMA lobbied successfully to ensure the survival of specialized allied health accreditation. The independent agency that will replace the CAHEA is expected to be operational by Oct 1994.

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Accreditation of allied health education: assessing for educational effectiveness

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Effectiveness should be the major goal of American postsecondary education according to educational, regulatory and political groups. The three projects that will have major influences on allied health education and accreditation are: the analysis project of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation-Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the report of the Pew Health Professions Commission and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. These projects emphasize evaluating educational results to measure quality, an idea supported by the American Medical Association's Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA). CAHEA supports the idea that program content should be relevant to practice requirements. The CAHEA system includes the educational community, practitioners and professional groups in making curriculum recommendations.

Reports, Training, Curricula, Allied health personnel, Council on Postsecondary Accreditation

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