QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF HEALTH INFORMATICS SPECIALISTS IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article gives characteristics to the degree education quality control system in Canada. In particular, the main quality assurance mechanisms for professional training of health informatics specialists are analyzed. The general analysis of the quality assurance system in the Canadian degree education has shown that it includes institutional accreditation of higher educational institutions in terms of legislation and their public control. At the same time, Canada has a well developed system of self-assessment of an educational program performed by a university as well as its external peer review. There is also professional accreditation of educa- tional programs to monitor their content in compliance with the profession requirements.