Key words
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Albania, health, professional development system, continuous education, recertification, accreditation, trainings, national training centre, ministry of health
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Albania, health, professional development system, continuous education, recertification, accreditation, trainings, national training centre, ministry of health
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(French)
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Albania, health, professional development system, continuous education, recertification, accreditation, trainings, national training centre, ministry of health
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(Italian)
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Albania, health, professional development system, continuous education, recertification, accreditation, trainings, national training centre, ministry of health
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Short description
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A modern health workforce must continuously upgrade its knowledge and skills. To fulfil thisrequirement, standards exist (a) for accreditation of trainings and (b) for defining andregistering credits earned through these trainings. The result is a system for periodic recertification of professionals in all health disciplines. As the majority of European countries,Albania is creating such a Continuous Medical Education (CME) System, too. The SwissDevelopment Cooperation supports this effort since 2007 in form of the PDS, theProfessional Development System project. The first step of the Albanian PDS was the establishment of a national Centre as the hub for the development of the system, under the auspices of the MoH.The rapid availability of the basic prerequisites for the CME-system, i.e. centre, staff,regulatory framework, convinced the responsible authority to immediately launch the recertification process for physicians country-wide. Doctors must get from this year onwards –staggered over the next five years - 150 credits to be re-certified. The evaluation teamidentified some risks as a result of this rapid paste: NCCE is not ready and fully equipped forthe tasks (big number of CME-providers ask for accreditation and numerous doctors claim tobe registered). And conceptual work for a nationwide extension of a comprehensive PDS isnot done.The ‘Consortium’ (IHEID and UdeM) stated from the beginning that ‘while NCCE remains thecentral pillar of the approach and its first step, it is important to notice that developing a PDSis more comprehensive than building simply such a Centre’. The evaluators have indeedobserved that the ‘system planning and implementing aspects’ of the project is laggingbehind with the risk, that the demand for CME, which is now compulsory, cannot be coveredby the offer. And this especially in areas, where – in accordance with SDC’s country strategy– the main focus for the PDS-extension should be: the remote, underserved areas, wheremany general practitioners and other health staff still work since years with very basicmedical education and no up-grading training.The main recommendation of the evaluation team is therefore, that the strategic andsystemic planning must be reinforced, in view of the second phase of the PDS-project.
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Short description
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A modern health workforce must continuously upgrade its knowledge and skills. To fulfil thisrequirement, standards exist (a) for accreditation of trainings and (b) for defining andregistering credits earned through these trainings. The result is a system for periodic recertification of professionals in all health disciplines. As the majority of European countries,Albania is creating such a Continuous Medical Education (CME) System, too. The SwissDevelopment Cooperation supports this effort since 2007 in form of the PDS, theProfessional Development System project. The first step of the Albanian PDS was the establishment of a national Centre as the hub for the development of the system, under the auspices of the MoH.The rapid availability of the basic prerequisites for the CME-system, i.e. centre, staff,regulatory framework, convinced the responsible authority to immediately launch the recertification process for physicians country-wide. Doctors must get from this year onwards –staggered over the next five years - 150 credits to be re-certified. The evaluation teamidentified some risks as a result of this rapid paste: NCCE is not ready and fully equipped forthe tasks (big number of CME-providers ask for accreditation and numerous doctors claim tobe registered). And conceptual work for a nationwide extension of a comprehensive PDS isnot done.The ‘Consortium’ (IHEID and UdeM) stated from the beginning that ‘while NCCE remains thecentral pillar of the approach and its first step, it is important to notice that developing a PDSis more comprehensive than building simply such a Centre’. The evaluators have indeedobserved that the ‘system planning and implementing aspects’ of the project is laggingbehind with the risk, that the demand for CME, which is now compulsory, cannot be coveredby the offer. And this especially in areas, where – in accordance with SDC’s country strategy– the main focus for the PDS-extension should be: the remote, underserved areas, wheremany general practitioners and other health staff still work since years with very basicmedical education and no up-grading training.The main recommendation of the evaluation team is therefore, that the strategic andsystemic planning must be reinforced, in view of the second phase of the PDS-project.
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Short description
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A modern health workforce must continuously upgrade its knowledge and skills. To fulfil thisrequirement, standards exist (a) for accreditation of trainings and (b) for defining andregistering credits earned through these trainings. The result is a system for periodic recertification of professionals in all health disciplines. As the majority of European countries,Albania is creating such a Continuous Medical Education (CME) System, too. The SwissDevelopment Cooperation supports this effort since 2007 in form of the PDS, theProfessional Development System project. The first step of the Albanian PDS was the establishment of a national Centre as the hub for the development of the system, under the auspices of the MoH.The rapid availability of the basic prerequisites for the CME-system, i.e. centre, staff,regulatory framework, convinced the responsible authority to immediately launch the recertification process for physicians country-wide. Doctors must get from this year onwards –staggered over the next five years - 150 credits to be re-certified. The evaluation teamidentified some risks as a result of this rapid paste: NCCE is not ready and fully equipped forthe tasks (big number of CME-providers ask for accreditation and numerous doctors claim tobe registered). And conceptual work for a nationwide extension of a comprehensive PDS isnot done.The ‘Consortium’ (IHEID and UdeM) stated from the beginning that ‘while NCCE remains thecentral pillar of the approach and its first step, it is important to notice that developing a PDSis more comprehensive than building simply such a Centre’. The evaluators have indeedobserved that the ‘system planning and implementing aspects’ of the project is laggingbehind with the risk, that the demand for CME, which is now compulsory, cannot be coveredby the offer. And this especially in areas, where – in accordance with SDC’s country strategy– the main focus for the PDS-extension should be: the remote, underserved areas, wheremany general practitioners and other health staff still work since years with very basicmedical education and no up-grading training.The main recommendation of the evaluation team is therefore, that the strategic andsystemic planning must be reinforced, in view of the second phase of the PDS-project.
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Short description
(Italian)
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A modern health workforce must continuously upgrade its knowledge and skills. To fulfil thisrequirement, standards exist (a) for accreditation of trainings and (b) for defining andregistering credits earned through these trainings. The result is a system for periodic recertification of professionals in all health disciplines. As the majority of European countries,Albania is creating such a Continuous Medical Education (CME) System, too. The SwissDevelopment Cooperation supports this effort since 2007 in form of the PDS, theProfessional Development System project. The first step of the Albanian PDS was the establishment of a national Centre as the hub for the development of the system, under the auspices of the MoH.The rapid availability of the basic prerequisites for the CME-system, i.e. centre, staff,regulatory framework, convinced the responsible authority to immediately launch the recertification process for physicians country-wide. Doctors must get from this year onwards –staggered over the next five years - 150 credits to be re-certified. The evaluation teamidentified some risks as a result of this rapid paste: NCCE is not ready and fully equipped forthe tasks (big number of CME-providers ask for accreditation and numerous doctors claim tobe registered). And conceptual work for a nationwide extension of a comprehensive PDS isnot done.The ‘Consortium’ (IHEID and UdeM) stated from the beginning that ‘while NCCE remains thecentral pillar of the approach and its first step, it is important to notice that developing a PDSis more comprehensive than building simply such a Centre’. The evaluators have indeedobserved that the ‘system planning and implementing aspects’ of the project is laggingbehind with the risk, that the demand for CME, which is now compulsory, cannot be coveredby the offer. And this especially in areas, where – in accordance with SDC’s country strategy– the main focus for the PDS-extension should be: the remote, underserved areas, wheremany general practitioners and other health staff still work since years with very basicmedical education and no up-grading training.The main recommendation of the evaluation team is therefore, that the strategic andsystemic planning must be reinforced, in view of the second phase of the PDS-project.
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Contractor
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Dr. Matthias KERKER, MD, MPH, PHD, team leader; Ms. Manuela MURTHI, MA
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Charged budget
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SDC / DEZA / DDC / DSC / COSUDE
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Legal basis
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Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA Artikel 170 der Bundesverfassung zur WirksamkeitsüberprüfungArticle 170 de la Constitution fédérale relatif à l’évaluation de l’efficacitéArticolo 170 della Costituzione federale sulla verifica dell‘efficaciaArticle 170 of the Swiss Federal Constitution on the evaluation of effectiveness
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Copyright
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Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
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Information
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Swiss Cooperation Office in Albania
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