November 28, 2008 by Administrator
The OECI accreditation working group designed an accreditation tool for self-assessment of the quality of multidisciplinary oncological care in Cancer Institutes across Europe.
Each participating Cancer Institute in the accreditation programme will perform a webbased self-assessment.
After review and analysis of results from this self-assessment a team of selected auditors will plan to visit the Cancer Institute for peer review.
Auditor's profile
The OECI steering group is looking for enthusiastic auditors
During a two day training in march 2009 aspirant auditors will learn how to perform an peer review (audit) and how to use relevant tools for auditing. Training is focused on interview techniques and techniques how to interpretate the questionnaires. The training is organized by the OECI WGA.
The OECI accreditation project
The objective is to align and improve the quality of cancer control in Cancer Institutes across Europe
Peer review
Peer review is defined as a planned visit by a team of medical specialists and managers who examine different fields of oncological care: general management, prevention, patient care, health education, research and new developments. The examination is based on the filled-in web - based electronic questionnaires.
The aim of the peer review is to improve the quality of multidisciplinary oncological care delivered in Cancer Institutes, gives back feedback of the results of the visit and formulate recommendations for improvement.
The peer review process in Cancer Institutes aligns the actual developments
Required skills
- you are working and registered as a medical specialist ( medical oncologist, surgeon, radiation therapist, pathologist )
- you are working as a (quality) manager and / or an oncology nurse and / or a cancer researcher
- the board of management of your institute supports your application
- you are willing to participate in a two-day auditor training
- you have the following skills:
- fluent in English both speaking and writing
- helicopter view of oncological care
- good social skills
- you have the following qualities
- team player
- objective tenacious
- analytic way of thinking
- quality improvement attitude
- you are ready to commit time and efforts for peer review and reporting
Time estimation
- auditors training - two days
- peer review - three days
- reporting - one day
OECI Auditor training
Date:
16, 17 march 2009
Place:
OECI-EEIG (http://www.oeci-eeig.org)
c/o Fondation Universitaire
11 Rue d'Egmont
B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
Training organization:
Kerteza (Belgium) www.kerteza.com
To become an auditor, download the application form here
