ASF კოორდინატორის სერტიფიკაცია [CRD-01]

ASF კოორდინატორის სერტიფიკაცია [CRD-01]

Accreditation systems are the structural backbone of patient safety and quality governance, yet across Georgia and the broader South Caucasus, healthcare facilities frequently enter external review cycles without a designated internal coordinator capable of sustaining continuous compliance. This gap is consequential: evidence from WHO and the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) consistently demonstrates that facilities with embedded accreditation leads detect nonconformities earlier, resolve them faster, and maintain quality improvements between survey cycles. Georgia’s national hospital accreditation programme, administered under the Social Service Agency framework, places explicit obligations on facility leadership to document, monitor, and report quality indicators — obligations that demand a professionally prepared coordinator, not an improvised administrative assignment. This course addresses that structural deficit directly.

The curriculum is grounded in the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation standards, ISO 9001:2015 quality management principles, and WHO’s Quality Health Services framework, synthesised with the specific regulatory and documentation requirements of the Georgian accreditation model. Instruction is delivered through applied case analysis, structured self-assessment exercises using validated audit instruments, and scenario-based decision-making drawn from real accreditation survey findings in comparable low- and middle-income country health systems. Participants engage with primary standards documents rather than summaries, building interpretive literacy that transfers directly to their facility’s compliance work.

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

• Distinguish between accreditation, certification, and licensure frameworks, and accurately map Georgia’s national accreditation requirements against JCI and ISQua international benchmarks.
• Construct a facility-level accreditation readiness roadmap, including milestone scheduling, documentation matrices, and responsibility assignment across clinical and administrative departments.
• Implement a structured internal self-assessment process using standardised audit tools aligned with the relevant national standards, identifying nonconformities before external survey.
• Design a corrective and preventive action (CAPA) system that links root-cause analysis findings to measurable quality improvement targets and assigns accountable owners within the facility governance structure.
• Evaluate patient safety and quality indicator data to generate evidence-based reports suitable for governing body review, accreditation surveyors, and national regulatory submissions.
• Demonstrate competency in coordinating cross-departmental accreditation activities, including staff orientation to standards, document control workflows, and mock-survey facilitation.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for quality managers, patient safety officers, clinical administrators, and senior nurses or allied health professionals who carry formal or functional responsibility for accreditation within their institution. It is equally suitable for hospital deputy directors overseeing quality portfolios and for professionals newly appointed to a coordinator role who require a rigorous foundation before their facility’s next accreditation cycle. Participants working in polyclinics, district hospitals, referral centres, and specialised inpatient facilities operating under the Georgian national accreditation scheme will find the content immediately applicable to their institutional context.

Course Structure

The course is delivered fully online through the GMJ Academy platform in a self-paced format, with an estimated study commitment of 18 to 22 hours inclusive of readings, practical exercises, and formative assessments; successful completion of the summative competency assessment is required to receive the AC-XXXXX Accreditation Coordinator credential and associated CME/CPD credits recognised by the Georgian Medical Association.