On the Development and Application of Multiple Cases for Accreditation of Health Care Professionals

Abstract

The sequence for the development of the multiple case methodology (training technology) for accreditation of health care professionals has been presented. The multidimensionality of cases allows to cover all functions of professional standards. To improve the technique reliability, the multiple-choice tests have been offered. The requirement of local independence of tasks has been implemented. The results of approbation of cases with participation of 114 graduates (6th year) of 5 medical universities have been analysed. The interpretation of the analysis results and their use for assessing the professional readiness of health care professionals have been offered.

Keywords

• professional standards
• accreditation
• multidimensional case
• students
• medical universities