Accrediting agencies have struggled to gain stature as well as develop a system that is supported by the stakeholders.
 

SESSION OUTLINE

I.  Accrediting bodies
 

• Roles

• Recognition

• Development of standards

• Development of process

• Implementation of program

• Types

• Regional

• Similarities

• Differences

• Specialized

• Medicine

• Law

• Other

A. United Kingdom - incoherent

B.  Canada/USA Model - coherent by profession

C.  Commonalities of the different approaches