As allied health programs have grown in number, have matured in the professions, they have requested and demanded greater autonomy in setting their own standards and developing their own essentials and making their own accreditation decisions.

SESSION OUTLINE

I. Council on Postsecondary Accreditation

• Early beginnings

• Developmental problems

• Basis for demise

• What it is?

• What is its mission?

• Why did it start?

• What is its future?

III. Committee on Allied Health Accreditation (CAHEA)

• What did it do?

• Why did it disappear?

 
• Role of American Medical Association

• Cost of support

CONCLUSION

As indicated in the changes at various levels the national approach as well as the individual allied health professions approach continues to change.  Expect similar levels of activity over the next decade.