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| Vocational Training Programme in Family Medicine | |
| I.4 Accreditation of Training Centres | |
| A. Community Based Training Centres | |
| A community based medical practice may apply to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards for accreditation as a training practice of the Programme if it satisfies all the following criteria:- | |
| 1. An application is submitted to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards by a senior member of the practice. | |
| 2. The practice must be providing community based health care services. The workload must be sufficient but not excessive to provide the trainee with a balance between range of clinical experiences and protected time for education. | |
| 3. The Center must provide a structural training programme that meets all the requirements and standards for the relevant specialty as determined by the Board of Vocational Training and Standards. | |
| 4. The practice as a whole should agree to have a trainee working in the practice under the conditions required by the Programme. | |
| 5. The practice must have the necessary facilities and opportunities for training. Adequate patient records must be kept. | |
| 6. The practice should have a collection of up-to-date and relevant reference books and journals. | |
| 7. At least one senior member of the practice is qualified and appointed as clinical supervisor in the relevant specialty and committed to provide training to trainees in Family Medicine. | |
| 8. A separate consultation room must be available for the trainee in the same practice as the clinical supervisor. | |
| 9. Recommendation by two or more members of the Board of Vocational Training and Standards after an assessment visit to the practice. | |
| 10. The practice agrees to periodic, at minimum once every five years, re-assessment visits by one member authorized by the Board of Vocational Training and Standards. | |
| 11. Each training centre must submit to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards updated lists of its clinical supervisors and trainees annually. | |
| B. Hospital Based Training Centre | |
| A hospital or hospital unit may apply to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards for accreditation as a Hospital Based Training center in the Programme if it satisfies the following criteria:- | |
| 1. An application is submitted to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards by a co-ordinator of training in the hospital or hospital unit. | |
| 2. It must have the necessary facilities and opportunities for training. | |
| 3. It agrees to comply with all the training requirements of the Programme. | |
| 4. At least one senior member, with the necessary qualifications of each of the Specialty units to be accredited, is committed to provide training to trainees in Family Medicine. | |
| 5. Recommendation by two or more members of the Board of Vocational Training and Standards after an assessment visit. | |
| 6. It agrees to periodic, at minimum once every five years, re-assessment visits by one member authorized by the Board of Vocational Training and Standards. | |
| 7. The center should have a collection of up-to-date and relevant reference books and journals. | |
| 8. Each training centre must submit to the Board of Vocational Training and Standards an updated list of its clinical supervisors and trainees annually. | |
| Accreditation may be withdrawn from any centre by the Board of Vocational Training and Standards if the Board is of the opinion that the centre has not fulfilled any of the criteria. List of accredited hospital units, and training family practices of the Programme is updated annually. Current updated list of training centres can be obtained from the College Secretariat. | |