The Network: Towards Unity For Health (TUFH) Presents: HEALTH ACCREDITATION CRITERIA AND STANDARDS Social Accountability - Virtual Expert Symposium March 5, 2019 www.thenetworktufh.org Moderator: Robert Woollard, University of British Columbia - Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) Panelists: 1) Alejandro Avelino, Vocal Nacional de Investigación en Asociación Colombiana Médica Estudiantil (ACOME) 2) Björg Pálsdóttir, Training for Health Equity Network: THEnet 3) Titi Savitri, Associate Professor in Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 4) John Wynn-Jones, Chair WONCA WP on Rural Practice (UK) Description: Social accountability is the capacity to respond to society's priority health needs and health system challenges to meet such needs. It emphasizes the potential of medical schools to partner with key stakeholders in the health sector and organize medical education in a way that it has the greatest chances to yield most relevant outcomes and highest impact on people's health. Symposium Questions: 1) How can accreditation systems foster greater relevance of health professional training to address health priorities? 2) What accreditation standards should be included to foster social accountability? 3) How can accreditation systems assess whether health professional schools are moving towards social accountability? 4) How can accreditation systems foster greater inter-professional and team-based competencies and caring? 5) What is the role of accreditation in addressing quality in for-profit training schools?

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