Assessment of the Quality Assurance Scheme of Government Medical Colleges of Mymensingh Division.

Abstract

Maintaining quality assurance is among the most critical things the medical education system has to do. Quality control can be controlled by institutional monitoring, which should include course evaluation, peer review and assessment. This study was designed to assess the status of the quality assurance scheme of government medical colleges of Mymensingh division. This cross-sectional descriptive type of observational study was conducted in the Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh; Jamalpur Medical College (JMC), Jamalpur and Netrakona Medical College (NMC), Netorkona, Bangladesh for one year from January 2023 to December 2023. All departments in Mymensingh Medical Colleges were optimal where some vital department was not present in JMC and NMC, such as virology, neurology, physical medicine, gastro-enteroloy, endocrinology, hematology etc. All 3 medical colleges had ongoing Quality Assurance Scheme MMC had no committee meeting in last 12 months, JMC and NMC had committees meetings held three in all phases. A good percentage of students had passed all professional examinations in last year in these 3 medical colleges. All 3 medical colleges had pair Colleges had Pair College with each other. In MMC and JMC had gone through the external review visit and also these two had faculty members fill up personal review form. Medical Education Unit (MEU) was established in MMC and JMC, but no MEU was established in NMC. All 3 medical colleges had annual sports, indoor-outdoor games and annual cultural program. The current status of the quality assurance scheme of MMC is optimal, whereas other medical colleges need to be improved. All three government medical colleges of Mymensingh division had ongoing quality assurance schemes including student performance, external reviews, faculty development, co-curriculum and extra-curriculum activities.