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RESUMEN Fundamento: La evaluación y acreditación de especialidades de posgrado es un proceso voluntario mediante el cual una organización de salud es capaz de medir la calidad de sus servicios y el rendimiento de los mismos frente a estándares reconocidos a nivel nacional o internacional. Objetivo: Describir los resultados de la evaluación y acreditación de especialidades de posgrado en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüeydesde el año 2018 hasta la actualidad. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal. El universo estuvo constituido por 37 especialidades con créditos académicos actualizados, lo que las certifica como programas aptos para presentarse a un proceso de evaluación externa. Para el análisis estadístico de las variables cualitativa estudiadas, se emplearon números absolutos y por ciento para el resumen de la información. Los resultados se expresaron en texto y tablas estadísticas. Resultados: De las 37 especialidades con créditos académicos actualizadosnueve fueron acreditadas, siete de ellas con categorías superior de excelencia, dos con categoría de certificada. Conclusiones: Desde el año 2018 a la actualidad de las 37 especialidades con créditos académicos actualizados se han evaluado y acreditado nueve programas de especialidades, además existen ocho con expedientes de autoevaluación para someterse al proceso de evaluación externa virtual.
ABSTRACT Background: The evaluation and accreditation of postgraduate specialties is a voluntary process through which a health organization is able to measure the quality of its services and their performance against nationally or internationally recognized standards. Objective: Describe the results of the evaluation and accreditation of postgraduate specialties at the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey from 2018 to the present. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe consisted of 37 specialties with updated academic credits, which certifies them as suitable programs to be submitted to an external evaluation process. For the statistical analysis of the qualitative variables studied, absolute numbers and percent were used for the summary of the information. The results were expressed in text and statistical tables. Results: Of the 37 specialties with updated academic credits, nine were accredited, seven of them with superior categories of excellence, two with certified categories. Conclusions: From 2018 to the present of the 37 specialties with updated academic credits, nine specialty programs have been evaluated and accredited, in addition there are eight with self-evaluation files to undergo the virtual external evaluation process.
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This review attempts to clarify the concepts of Laboratory Quality Management System (Lab QMS) for a medical testing and diagnostic laboratory in a holistic way and hopes to expand the horizon beyond quality control (QC) and quality assurance. It provides an insight on accreditation bodies and highlights a glimpse of existing laboratory practices but essentially it takes the reader through the journey of accreditation and during the course of reading and understanding this document, prepares the laboratory for the same. Some of the areas which have not been highlighted previously include: requirement for accreditation consultants, laboratory infrastructure and scope, applying for accreditation, document preparation. This section is well supported with practical illustrations and necessary tables and exhaustive details like preparation of a standard operating procedure and a quality manual. Concept of training and privileging of staff has been clarified and a few of the QC exercises have been dealt with in a novel way. Finally, a practical advice for facing an actual third party assessment and caution needed to prevent post-assessment pitfalls has been dealt with.