Accreditation services for outside of Turkey

Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD/Turkey) was established in 2010 (TEPDAD Bylaws). The association is recognized by the Turkish Quality Council for Higher Education and World Federation for Medical Education as an accrediting agency for medical education. The association aims to improve medical education at the national and regional levels with accreditation of undergraduate medical education and ultimately improve the health of society.

The association is currently accrediting undergraduate medical education programs within and outside of Turkey. A prerequisite for accreditation outside Turkey is “recognition of TEPDAD by a national authority” as an accrediting agency. This national authority could be the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Higher Education Council, or National Accreditation Council. After this recognition has been done the application form should be filled and sent to the TEPDAD Secretariat. The medical school should have graduated at least one cohort of students for application. Once the application is accepted the institution will have to sign a protocol with TEPDAD related to the procedures and services given.

The institution could ask for a one-day orientation course to be given by TEPDAD related to the accreditation of medical education and the process of the accreditation and preparation of the Self-Evaluation Report. The Basic Medical Education World Federation for Medical Education Global Standards for Quality Improvement (2015) is used for the program accreditation. The self-evaluation report has to be prepared according to the “Self-evaluation report guide for accreditation of undergraduate medical education programs outside of Turkey”.

TEPDAD offers accreditation and consultancy services for medical education programs outside of Turkey. WFME standards are used for program evaluation for accreditation purposes.  TEPDAD has a recognition status from WFME as the accrediting agency 

We have three types of service;

1. Introductory training  of applicant/ possible applicant medical school staff  on  “accreditation standards, self-evaluation process and report preparation”
2. Program evaluation service for accreditation purposes (Summative program evaluation)
3. Consultancy, formative program evaluation, and advance training in  accreditation topics (in advance or after accreditation decision)

“Recognition of the TEPDAD accreditation at applicant country by a national authority in charge” is a prerequisite for our program evaluation service for accreditation purposes. The authority in charge might be the ministry of health, ministry of education, higher education council, medical association, or the rectorate of the applicant school.  We are starting our program evaluation services after signing an agreement or having an official recognition letter from the authority in charge in the applicants’ country. This is not necessary for the consultancy, formative program evaluation, or training services.

Please look at “accreditation schemes” for having a general understanding of the process. You may also find the latest Self-evaluation guide here.

Please send an e-mail to info@tepdad.org or do not hesitate to call +90 530 1234570  between 10.00-17.00 (GMT+2) in working days for further details.

We do hope to collaborate with you.