Quality Management on Master’s Programs

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quality managment, accreditation, COVID-19, master’s program.

Abstract

Introduction: Accreditation at the University of Medical Sciences of Havana began in 2002. Since then, a total of 41 external assessment processes have been carried out in 25 master's programs.

Objective: To describe quality management for master's programs at the University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive research was carried out in the first quarter of 2021, for which qualitative-quantitative methods and procedures were used.

Results: Of the authorized programs, seven lost their accreditation status for different reasons. Eighteen, of which ten were of excellence, six were certified and two were qualified, had a category higher than the authorized one. Four were conceived to carry out remote external assessment processes in 2021, while another thirteen were expected to do so in 2022. The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the master's programs taking on various modalities to give continuity to their execution, upon considering the orientations from the National Accreditation Board. The documents reviewed highlighted the implementation of the Applied Research Project.

Conclusions: Quality management for master's programs advances over the years. Those creditable have a higher accreditation category, with a predominance of the excellence category. The external assessment processes are projected for 2021 and 2022, while an Applied Research Project is being executed and consolidates the actions of this strategy.

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Eduardo Joaquín Alemañy Pérez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana

Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud, Máster en Educación Mëdica Superior, Diplomado en Administración Pública, Profesor e Investigador Titular

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2021-11-30

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Alemañy Pérez EJ, Cunill López ME, Herrera Maso JR, Bernaza Rodríguez GJ. Quality Management on Master’s Programs. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2021 Nov. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];35(4). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/3165

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