Use of outcome metrics to measure quality in education and training of healthcare professionals
A scoping review of international experiences
Published Mar 2, 2012
A scoping review of international experiences
Published Mar 2, 2012
This brief report provides a rapid review of the published evidence on initiatives undertaken at international and national levels that may inform the further development of the proposed outcomes framework. It is designed as an exploratory review, with a focus on the use of quality indicators to assess and monitor the delivery of healthcare education and training in international settings.
The research described in this working paper was conducted by RAND Europe for the Department of Health, within the PRP project "An ‘On-call’ Facility for International Healthcare Comparisons".
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