scholarly journals Institutional accreditation by nursing education and training quality assurance: Perspectives of heads of private nursing institutions in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Ntomfifikile Gloria Mtshali ◽  
Thobile Shelembe ◽  
Joanne Rachel Naidoo ◽  
Alexis Harerimana
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Quality Outcomes ◽  
Institutional Accreditation ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
High Standards ◽  
And Training

Background and objective: Nursing education throughout the world is striving for international competitiveness and accountability for effectiveness, quality, and trust to the students, patients, and the community, thus making the issue of institutional accreditation increasingly important. The aim of this paper was to explore the perceptions of heads of private nursing institutions on the benefits of school accreditation by nursing education and training quality assurance (ETQA) in KwaZulu-Natal region, South Africa.Methods: The study adopted a qualitative approach. Data were collected from seven heads of private nursing institutions. In-depth interviews were used to explore the perceived benefits of the accreditation of nursing institutions by Nursing ETQA. Thematic content analysis was used in this study to analyse the collected data. The study adhered to all ethical principles.Results: The findings from this study revealed that heads of private nursing institutions perceived the accreditation by nursing ETQA as a tool used to promote quality outcomes in nursing education. Results from this study further revealed that accreditation is a mechanism of ensuring high standards of performance, and it increases trust, confidence, and reinforcement of uniformity across the nursing education sector. In this study, several challenges were reported to hinder the accreditation process including as a disjoint and an inconsistent process of accreditation, unclear criteria for accreditation, the high cost of accreditation, accreditation being detrimental to teaching the outcome, lack of uniformity in the recommendations; and a lengthy process of accreditation.Conclusions: Accreditation is an important tool to ensure that programs and degrees meet the highest standards of education. In nursing education, the accreditation process is associated with several challenges, and there is a need for collaborative and well-coordinated accreditation of nursing schools nationally and globally.

scholarly journals A Description of the European Pharmacy Education and Training Quality Assurance Project

Pharmacy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Atkinson ◽  
Bart Rombaut ◽  
Antonio Pozo ◽  
Dimitrios Rekkas ◽  
Peep Veski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Quality Assurance Project ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
And Training

Vocation Education Quality from Demand Side’s Perspective: The Case of Transport Technology Universities in the North of Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1089-1097
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quynh Hoa ◽  
◽  
Phung Chu Hoang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Quality Outcomes ◽  
The North ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Management Capacity ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
And Training

Quality outcomes from vocational education and training (VET) are fundamental to ensuring a skilled workforce and supporting a productive economy. The quality of vocational training from the demand’s perspective is defined as meeting the customer specification, needs or requirements. Using the method of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Multiple Regression Analysis to get the analytical results of 275 respondents as graduates of University of Transport and Communication, University of Transport Technology (the two universities training on transportation in the North of Vietnam), the results show that factors are measured by the observed variables in the study that ensure reliability and relevance. The descriptive statistics result of vocational training quality is 3.28, while all independent variables are at average level (between 3.1 to 3.48) with the highest value related to the quality of the teacher and the lowest are facilities and training programs and management capacity of university. However, the regression results show that the qualification of the teacher, material facilities and training program, management capacity and job opportunities at the training school do not affect the quality of the training while “Learners-NH” have a great positive effect and the labor market information has a negative effect on the training quality of the school significantly. Base on those data, some policy recommendations have been given out in order to improve the training quality of transport technology universities in the north of Vietnam in particular and the vocational training quality of Vietnam in general.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUALITY ON THE DRIVER’S TECHNICAL SKILLS OF PT XYZ IN JAKARTA

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Francis Tantri ◽  
Aang Gunawan ◽  
Marthaleina Ruminda
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Development Effectiveness ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
Effective Development ◽  
And Training ◽  
Research Show

The objective of this research is to study the inluence of development effectiveness and education and training quality on the driver’s technical skills of PT XYZ in Jakarta. The method of research is a survey using Path Analysis. The respondents for this survey are 35 drivers selected by applying proportional random sampling technique. The results of this research show that: (1) the effectiveness of development directly inluencing the driver’s technical skills is 35.8%, (2) the quality of education and training directly inluencing the driver’s technical skills is 33.8%, and (3) the effectiveness of coaching directly inluencing the quality of education is 25.5% The study concludes that technical skills can be improved through effective development and the quality of education and training, and the quality of education and training can be enhanced through effective development as well.

scholarly journals Challenges of Adopting SAFe in the Banking Industry – A Study Two Years After Its Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Sara Nilsson Tengstrand ◽  
Piotr Tomaszewski ◽  
Markus Borg ◽  
Ronald Jabangwe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a framework for scaling agile methods in large organizations. We have found several experience reports and white papers describing SAFe adoptions in different banks, which indicates that SAFe is being used in the banking industry. However, there is a lack of academic publications on the topic, the banking industry is missing in the scientific reports analyzing SAFe transformations. To fill this gap, we present a study on the main challenges with a SAFe transformation at a large full-service bank. We identify the challenges in the bank under study and compare the findings with experience reports from other banks, as well as with research on SAFe transformations in other domains. Many of the challenges reported in this paper overlap with the generic SAFe challenges, including management and organization, education and training, culture and mindset, requirements engineering, quality assurance, and systems architecture. However, we also report some novel challenges specific to the banking domain, e.g., the risk of jeopardizing customer relations, stability, and trust of external stakeholders. This study validates several SAFe-related challenges reported in previous work in the banking context. It also brings up some novel challenges specific to the banking industry. Therefore, we believe our results are particularly useful to practitioners responsible for SAFe transformations at other banks.

scholarly journals A glimpse at the nursing education system in the United Kingdom

Curationis ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.G. Mashaba
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
And Training

The author wishes to share her experiences and impressions about the system of nurses’ education and training in England with those nurses who may not have had the opportunity to see how nurse preparation is conducted in that country.

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