The report of the task force addresses other issues through position papers.  These papers present fundamental issues that are current, central, and most likely part of the common themes for the future.

I. Values Expressed Through the Accreditation Process

• Continual self-improvement

• Contemporary, flexible and relevant

• Maintain core values

• Higher education

• Civic responsibility

• Professional excellence

• Changing realities

• Promote collaboration

• Serve the public interest

• Be cost effective

• Pros

• Cons

• What is CQI?

• Brief history of Deming and his writing

• System of profound knowledge

• Knowledge of systems

• Knowledge of variation

• Knowledge of psychology

• A theory of knowledge

• Criteria or standards

• Measurement of outcomes

• Care for the community's health

• Expand access to effective care

• Provide clinically competent care

• Emphasize primary care

• Participate in coordinated care

• Ensure cost-effectiveness and appropriate care

• Practice prevention

• Involve family members in process

• Promote healthy lifestyles

• Assess and use technology

• Improve the health care system

• Manage information

• Understand the environment's role

• Provide counseling of ethical issues

• Accommodate expanded accountability

• Participate in a diverse society

• Continue to learn

VII. Facilitation of Accreditation Through Self-Study and Standardized Procedures

VIII. Future Ideas to consider

• Minimum standards for flexibility

• Experimentation

• Consultative role

• Training

• Outcome measures

• Mentoring program

• Stakeholder attention

• Joint visits

• Computer-assisted technology

Accreditation is for now with current students; it is also for future students and practitioners.  Accrediting agencies must consider the future even as they work in the present.