Perceptions of pharmacy students, faculty members and administrators towards quality and international accreditation in pharmacy schools

Dissertant

Yahya, Layla Muhammad Said Arif

Thesis advisor

Abu Rumaylah, Amjad Naji

University

Isra University

Faculty

Faculty of Pharmacy

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

Accreditation of pharmacy programs has existed well over a 100 years promising quality and excellence.

International accreditation of has been the latest trend in Jordanian phrarmacy and pharmD programs lately in an attempt to reach higher quality standards.

This study examines the perceptions of students, faculty members and administrators towards international accreditation in pharmacy schools by utilizing multiple methods; semi-structured interviews and survey.

It also examined how well applied quality standards by faculty members by employing a self assessment survey.

Findings show how influential international accreditation is and the high impact it has on students perceptions, administrators perceptions were not included due to no cooperation and there was no difference between the application of quality standards by faculty members in universities.

keywords: International accreditation, pharmacy education, multiple methods

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences
Pharmacology

Topics

• Universities
• Education
• Higher education
• Students
• Educational quality
• Teaching personnel
• Accreditation
• Pharmacy

No. of Pages

77

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-890001