National Healthcare Accreditation Coordinator Certification Program (Georgia) [ACC-01-EN]

National Healthcare Accreditation Coordinator Certification Program (Georgia) [ACC-01-EN]

Georgia’s national healthcare accreditation programme, aligned with international quality frameworks including those of the Joint Commission International (JCI) and the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), places rigorous demands on the professionals responsible for driving compliance across clinical and administrative departments. Yet in many Georgian facilities — particularly regional hospitals and outpatient centres outside Tbilisi — no formally trained coordinator oversees the accreditation cycle, leaving organisations vulnerable to documentation gaps, survey non-conformities, and preventable patient safety failures. Evidence from WHO’s Quality of Care framework and peer-reviewed studies on accreditation outcomes consistently links structured coordinator competence to higher survey scores, sustained standard adherence, and measurable improvements in patient outcomes. This certification programme directly addresses that gap by developing the specific operational and leadership skills required to manage the full accreditation lifecycle within the Georgian regulatory context.

The programme is grounded in ISQua accreditation principles, WHO Patient Safety standards, and Georgia’s national healthcare facility licensing and accreditation regulations administered by the Social Service Agency. Instructional design follows competency-based learning methodology, integrating real Georgian facility case studies, structured self-assessment exercises, and applied documentation tasks to bridge theoretical frameworks with day-to-day coordinator practice. Participants engage with standardised tools — including gap analysis matrices and corrective action plan templates — calibrated to the requirements surveyors apply in Georgian accreditation cycles.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish the roles, authority structures, and accountability mechanisms that define an effective Accreditation Coordinator within Georgia’s regulatory and organisational context;
• Construct a facility-level accreditation preparation plan, including a prioritised gap analysis, milestone schedule, and resource allocation framework aligned with national accreditation standards;
• Implement a systematic documentation and evidence management system that meets surveyor requirements and supports ongoing compliance verification across all assessed departments;
• Design and facilitate staff engagement and change management interventions that translate accreditation standards into sustained behavioural and procedural change at the point of care;
• Apply structured self-assessment and internal audit methodologies to identify compliance deficiencies, quantify risk, and generate evidence-based corrective action plans before external survey;
• Evaluate post-survey findings and non-conformity reports to construct a continuous quality improvement cycle that maintains accreditation status and advances patient safety performance between survey periods.

Who Should Attend

This programme is designed for healthcare professionals formally appointed or being prepared for appointment as Accreditation Coordinators or Quality Managers in Georgian hospitals, polyclinics, diagnostic centres, and long-term care facilities. It is equally relevant for chief nurses, deputy medical directors, and administrative leads who bear institutional responsibility for accreditation readiness but have not previously received structured training in coordination methodology. Professionals at both initial accreditation and re-accreditation stages will benefit from the programme’s emphasis on practical, immediately deployable tools.

Course Structure

The programme is delivered fully online through GMJ Academy’s asynchronous learning environment, requiring an estimated 18 to 22 hours of structured study across ten sequenced modules, and is completed with a competency-based assessment comprising a scenario-driven written examination and a submitted gap analysis artefact evaluated against a standardised rubric. Successful completion confers GMJ Academy certification and qualifies for continuing professional development credit in accordance with Georgian CME requirements.