The essential enterprise: the critical role of accreditation in the 21st century

Jason R Frank^{1

2}, Sarah Taber³, Marta van Zanten⁴, Fedde Scheele^{5

6

7}, Danielle Blouin⁸; International Health Professions Accreditation Outcomes Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. jfrank@royalcollege.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. jfrank@royalcollege.ca.
³ Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁴ Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ OLVG Teaching Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ VU Medical Center, School of Medical Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Athena Institute for Transdisciplinary Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

Editorial

Jason R Frank et al. BMC Med Educ. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 28;20(Suppl 1):304.

doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02120-6.

Jason R Frank^{1

2}, Sarah Taber³, Marta van Zanten⁴, Fedde Scheele^{5

6

7}, Danielle Blouin⁸; International Health Professions Accreditation Outcomes Consortium

¹ Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. jfrank@royalcollege.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. jfrank@royalcollege.ca.
³ Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁴ Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ OLVG Teaching Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ VU Medical Center, School of Medical Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Athena Institute for Transdisciplinary Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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