Quality Assurance Best Practices for Simulation-Based Examinations

In response to education regulations for quality assurance (QA), universities in Indonesia strongly require an integrated management information system (MIS), such as Academic MIS (AMIS). In developing AMIS, the main issues that must be addressed are the urgent need for implementing university QA standards (even though departments have already implemented their best practices for years and show reluctance to change), changing requirements, and the need for a quick delivery system despite the fact that AMIS is very large in scope. This paper contributes to modeling AMIS, which is suitable for universities in Indonesia. This research has been conducted at one of the best private universities, Parahyangan Catholic University. Having measured the quality of AMIS using several key business measures, results indicated that the proposed model successfully resolved the issues at stake.

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Industry best practices for a veterinary clinical quality assurance program

The Quality Assurance Journal ◽

10.1002/qaj.236 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 171-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Best Practices ◽

Quality Assurance Program ◽

Clinical Quality

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Best practices across surgical specialties relating to simulation-based training

Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.041 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 158 (5) ◽

pp. 1395-1402 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Aimee K. Gardner ◽

Daniel J. Scott ◽

Robert A. Pedowitz ◽

Robert M. Sweet ◽

Richard H. Feins ◽

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Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Simulation Based

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MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE CURRICULA OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

International Journal of Educational Developement in Africa ◽

10.25159/2312-3540/129 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 84-100

Author(s):

Ibiwumi A Alade

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Best Practices ◽

Learning Outcomes ◽

Financial Reports ◽

Sustainable Culture ◽

Worldwide Phenomenon ◽

Quality In Education ◽

Culture Of Quality

The pursuit of quality in education has become a worldwide phenomenon. This stems from the astronomical demand for higher education, as well as the rising integration of relevant emerging educational reforms in the Nigerian curricula. Despite the efforts at promoting best practices in ensuring quality of achievement and learning outcomes, the management and funding of higher education have been criticised for being regressive in recent years. On this premise, this article examines management and funding for quality assurance in the curricula of higher education in Nigeria. The article appraises the concerted actions of management and quality control agencies that are involved in the transformation of the higher education landscape in Nigeria. Some reform measures, which have gained entrance into Nigerian higher education, are also enunciated with a critique of the dire financial situation of higher education in Nigeria, as evidenced by some financial reports from appropriate sources. Similarly, the issue of quality echoed frequently in Nigerian higher education is critically examined. Some of the submissions in the end include the need for the installation of a sustainable culture of quality reforms management and use of adequate financial sharing formula with a view to proving curricula output of higher education in Nigeria.

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Quality Assurance in Agile Software Development

Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing - Advances and Applications in Model-Driven Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4494-6.ch008 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 155-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Iwona Dubielewicz ◽

Bogumila Hnatkowska ◽

Zbigniew Huzar ◽

Lech Tuzinkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Best Practices ◽

Software Development ◽

Software Quality ◽

Agile Software Development ◽

Software Life Cycle ◽

Agile Methodologies ◽

Agile Practices ◽

Agile Software

Agile methodologies have become very popular. They are defined in terms of best practices, which aim at developing good quality software faster and cheaper. Unfortunately, agile methodologies do not refer explicitly to quality assurance, which is understood as a planned set of activities performed to provide adequate confidence that a product conforms to established requirements, and which is performed to evaluate the process by which products are developed. The chapter considers the relations of agile practices with software life cycle processes, especially those connected to quality assurance, and tries to answer the question of which agile practices ensure software quality. Next, agile practices associated with quality assurance are assessed from different perspectives and some recommendations for their usage are given. It is observed that modeling has a particular impact on quality assurance.

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