On April 28 – May 1, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Armenian Medical Institute.
The chair of the expert panel is Hermine Grigoryan, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, dean at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vanadzor State University named after H. Tumanyan. The members of the expert panel are Naira Hunanyan, teacher at the "Mkhitar Gosh" Armenian-Russian International University, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Nino Chichiveishvili, an expert at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE), co-founder and president of the Women's Scientific Association, teacher at University Geomedi, Rolf Heusser, chairman of the scientific board of the German accreditation agency AHPGS, coordinator of the EHCL Programme, University of Zurich, teacher at the ETH Zürich and University of Zurich, Astghik Hambardzumyan, student of the AP "Applied Microbiology" at the Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University.
The process coordinator is Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached, as well as conducted class observations and desk review. As part of the external review, the expert panel carried out resource observations. The panel also held meetings with the education institution's rector, head of academic affairs, council of founders, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, deans, teachers and students.
The expert panel will have "professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Dentistry" and "Medical Case".
Meetings are scheduled with heads of divisions, managers of education quality assurance and other external stakeholders.
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.
It should be noted that in 2021, ANQA’s Accreditation Committee granted institutional accreditation to the Armenian Medical Institute for a period of four years.