The Multisystemic Therapy® Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement System

2016 ◽  
pp. 169-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja K. Schoenwald
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Multisystemic Therapy

Clinical supervision in a quality assurance/quality improvement system: Multisystemic Therapy as an example

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja K. Schoenwald
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Multisystemic Therapy ◽  
Youth Outcomes ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Therapist Adherence ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Supervision Model ◽  
Training And Support

AbstractThis article describes the clinical supervision of Multisystemic Therapy (MST), which takes place in the context of a quality assurance and quality improvement system that is used to support the transport and implementation of MST nationally and internationally. Information is provided about the assumptions, objectives, structure, process, and content of MST supervision; training and support provided to supervisors; methods used to measure adherence to the supervision model; and, findings supporting linkages between supervision, therapist adherence, and youth outcomes. MST supervision is considered in the context of recent efforts to identify empirically supported approaches to supervision and of recent developments in implementation research.

From Quality Assurance to Quality Improvement

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-492
Author(s):  
Dennis S. O'Leary ◽  
Margaret R. O'Leary
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement

scholarly journals Quality improvement in higher education: a critical review, with reference to South Africa

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
R. W. Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control ◽  
New System

In view of the controversy which characterises systems for quality assurance in higher education worldwide, this article provides a critical review of the theory and practice of quality in the higher education sector.  The state of affairs in South Africa is also reviewed, with the focus on the new system for quality assurance which is currently being implemented.  Despite good intentions, however, the new system in South Africa tends to be over-burocratic, with limited potential for deepseated change and quality improvement as a result of the focus on accountability rather than on continuous improvement. Real improvement is an internally driven process, which cannot be achieved through burocratic measurement and control.  In line with what has been experienced internationally, this article argues that a more flexible approach to the meaning of quality in the context of higher educaction is required in South Africa.  Apart from defining and assuring quality, this approach should also be directed at its improvement.  However, the point of departure has to be quality improvement, and not quality assurance and control.

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