According to the instruction of the Ministry of Education in China,Working Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education (WCAME) organized assessors to carry out site visit in Jiaxing University (November 26-29), Changzhi Medical College (December 3-6), Chongqing Medical University (December 10-13) and Guilin Medical College (December 17-20), against Standards for Basic Medical Education (for Trial Implementation).
On the basis of the Guidelines for the Accreditation of Medical Education (for Trial Implementation), all the four medical schools had conducted self-assessment against the Standards and submitted their self-evaluation reports to the secretariat and assessors a month ahead of the site visit. The assessors were asked to finishing reading the self-evluation report carefully before the site visit, which enabled them better understanding of the actual situation of the medical schools and thus would be helpful to the site visit.
During the site visit, assessors communicated with the representatives of faculty, students, administrative staff, the affiliated hospitals and other stakeholders to collect first-hand materials and information. Besides, the assessors also inspected the physical resources, including the teaching resources available in research laboratories, libraries, community clinics, general practice settings and hospitals and assessed the school regulations against the Standards, to identify the strength and weakness of the school in achieving its mission and objectives. Before leaving, the assessment team prepared and presented a preliminary report on the site visit to the medical schools.
After the site visit, each assessor is to prepare his/her part of the accreditation report against the Standards based on the material and information collected during the site visit, and submits the first draft of the report together with accreditation recommendations to the team chair, who will complete the accreditation report within two months after the site visit. After seeking the comment of the medical schools on the factual accuracy of the report, the team chair will submit the final report and recommendations to the Working Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education for review and the Expert Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Educatio for approval.
