"7 out of 14 people in the new composition of the team for medical and health sciences of the Polish Accreditation Commission represent institutions that have opened medical faculties within the last two years," points out the OZZL Residents' Agreement. According to the doctors, this is an attempt by the now former Minister of Education and Science Przemyslaw Chernek to "concrete" the PKA.
Residents' Agreement: Former education minister "takes over" PKA
Published Dec. 6, 2023 11:29
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"The composition of the appointed team of the Polish accreditation commission for medical and health sciences creates reasonable and real doubts about the objectivity and impartiality in the evaluations of medical faculties," writes the Residents' Agreement in a press release.
Among the institutions from which PKA members of the new term come are: Catholic University of Lublin (2 people), Academy of Social and Media Culture in Toruń (2 people), Academy of Medical and Social Applied Sciences in Elblag, Mazovian Academy in Plock or Wroclaw University of Technology. In the case of the last university, it is interesting that it still has a negative opinion from the PKA to run a medical faculty, and yet its representative would assess the quality of education in other faculties.
In addition, residents point out that the share of medical universities in the team was reduced from 66 percent (8/12 members) to less than 29 percent (4/14 members). 10 of the 14 members were not PKA experts and have no experience in auditing and evaluation of educational quality.
