The ADC previously commissioned RAND Australia to develop a framework for understanding and evaluating the impact of its dental education program–accreditation activities. The first phase of this research developed an impact framework, as well as a logic model underpinning it.
The second phase of this work, Increasing the impact of dental program accreditation processes: Identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement has now been published.
This work captures and elevates key stakeholders’ perspectives around the ADC’s accreditation activities and proposed logic model for generating impact in greater detail. The applicability of the ADC’s impact mechanisms, specified in the first research phase, are also examined.
The report also explores several recommendations for how these impact mechanisms can be leveraged considering stakeholder perceptions and feedback including:
- investigating how large workloads that are associated with accreditation could be alleviated with the introduction of artificial intelligence tools
- exploring how greater clarity of standards and expectations ofappropriate metrics can be achieved
- enhancing the processes for selecting assessment team members to strengthen trust and respect between education providers and assessors.
We look forward to exploring these recommendations further with you all to improve our impact according to the ADC’s strategic and accreditation objectives aligned to public health outcomes.
