Accreditation
Questions about accreditation, eligibility, standards, criteria, applications, evaluation, decisions, and continuing accreditation.
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Questions about accreditation, eligibility, standards, criteria, applications, evaluation, decisions, and continuing accreditation.
Questions about continuing professional education, continuing education units, educational activities, credit, certificates, and records.
Questions about accreditation records, professional credentials, certificates, and IABCET verification pathways.
Core questions about accreditation purpose, eligibility, standards, criteria, evidence, evaluation, and accreditation decisions.
IABCET accreditation is a formal evaluation process through which an eligible organization, provider, program, or educational activity is assessed against applicable standards and criteria.
Eligibility depends on the applicable accreditation pathway and the organization, provider, program, or educational activity seeking accreditation.
Accreditation standards establish the broader quality expectations used within the applicable IABCET accreditation framework.
Accreditation criteria develop the standards into specific requirements or evaluation points used to examine conformity with applicable quality expectations.
Relevant evidence can include policies, records, educational materials, assessment information, organizational documentation, data, quality records, and other materials associated with applicable requirements.
Assessment and evaluation examine relevant evidence and practice against the standards, criteria, pathway, and scope applicable to the accreditation process.
Understand how application, evaluation, accreditation decisions, and continuing accreditation connect within the wider accreditation process.
The process begins by identifying the applicable accreditation pathway, reviewing eligibility and requirements, and preparing the information and evidence required for application.
An organization should understand the applicable eligibility requirements, accreditation standards, criteria, application requirements, scope, and evidence expectations.
The resulting accreditation record proceeds through the applicable review and decision arrangements.
Accreditation continues through the applicable accreditation period, organizational responsibilities, continuing quality activity, and subsequent accreditation requirements.
Key questions about structured professional learning, continuing education units, educational activities, credit, providers, certificates, and records.
CPE means Continuing Professional Education and refers to structured educational activity supporting ongoing professional learning and development.
CEU means Continuing Education Unit and is a unit used within an applicable educational credit framework in connection with structured continuing education.
CPE refers to continuing professional education, while CEU refers to a unit within an applicable continuing education credit framework. The terms therefore describe different elements of continuing education.
Requirements can address educational objectives, activity structure, participation, assessment, credit calculation, documentation, certificates, and records.
Educational credit should be calculated according to the applicable credit framework and qualifying educational activity.
Applicable certificates and records should connect the participant, educational activity, provider, completion information, and educational credit information required by the relevant framework.
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CPD means Continuing Professional Development and refers to ongoing professional learning and development through relevant educational, developmental, and professional activities.
Professional training is structured learning designed to develop knowledge, skills, capability, or practice relevant to a professional or occupational context.
The IABCET Glossary provides definitions for accreditation, standards, criteria, evaluation, CPE, CEU, CPD, credentials, verification, and related terms.
Use IABCET verification resources to locate and review applicable accreditation, credential, and certificate records.
Use the IABCET accreditation directory and verification pathway to locate the organization and review its applicable accreditation information.
Review the organization, applicable accreditation category, accreditation scope, status, and other record information presented through the verification pathway.
Use the professional credential verification pathway to locate and review the applicable credential record.
Use the certificate verification pathway to connect applicable certificate information with the corresponding IABCET record.
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Review the principal quality expectations within applicable IABCET accreditation.
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