On June 22-24, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Erebuni Medical Academy Foundation.
The members of the expert panel are Anahit Arshakyan, pediatrician at Martuni Medical Center, deputy director for educational activities at Martuni State Medical College, Elena Martirosyan, deputy director for educational activities at the French-Armenian Vocational Education Center, Anna Karapetyan, chair of the Department of Human and Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, head of the Laboratory of Human and Animal Integrative and Adaptive Physiology, same faculty and institution, Aleksan Hakobyan, student of the AP "General Medicine" at the Armenian Medical Institute.
The coordinator of the expert panel is Anahit Terteryan, specialist at ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the institution's self-evaluation, the documents attached and conducted desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel carried out class observations and resource observation. Meetings were held with the institution’s rector, vice-rectors, deans of primary and secondary vocational education programmes, group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, representatives of the Board of Trustees, employers, alumni, heads of chairs, representatives of the full-time and adjunct teachers, students, employees of the QA centre and representatives of units.
The expert panel had professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Dental technician", "Nursing" and "Midwifery Case".
The process coming after the site visit is the preparation of an expert panel report, which points out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and contains the recommendations of the expert panel. Based on that report, the education institution will prepare a follow-up plan with a clear schedule.
Next on, ANQA’s Accreditation Committee will make a decision whether to grant accreditation or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.