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International F ederation of N urse A nesthetists' A nesthesia P rogram A pproval P rocess
Author(s) -
Horton B.J.,
Anang S.P.,
Riesen M.,
Yang H.J.,
Björkelund K.B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1111/inr.12089
Subject(s) - economic shortage , quality (philosophy) , nursing , medicine , business , medical education , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology
The I nternational F ederation of N urse A nesthetists is improving anaesthesia patient care through a voluntary A nesthesia P rogram A pproval P rocess ( APAP ) for schools and programmes. It is the result of a coordinated effort by anaesthesia leaders from many nations to implement a voluntary quality improvement system for education. These leaders firmly believe that meeting international education standards is an important way to improve anaesthesia, pain management and resuscitative care to patients worldwide. By 2013, 14 anaesthesia programmes from F rance, I celand, I ndonesia, P hilippines, S weden, S witzerland, N etherlands, T unisia and the USA had successfully completed the process. Additional programmes were scheduled for review in 2014. Faculty from these programmes, who have successfully completed APAP , show how anaesthesia educators throughout the world seek to continually improve education and patient care by pledging to meet common education standards. As national governments, education ministers and heads of education institutions work to decrease shortages of healthcare workers, they would benefit from considering the value offered by quality improvement systems supported by professional organizations. When education programmes are measured against standards developed by experts in a profession, policy makers can be assured that the programmes have met certain standards of quality. They can also be confident that graduates of approved programmes are appropriately trained healthcare workers for their citizens.