Accreditation Notice

ACCREDITATION INFORMATION TEXT

Pazar Vocational School, Health Care Services Department, Home Patient Care Program applied to the Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK) for program accreditation in 2025. The accreditation process for our program, whose application was accepted, is still ongoing.

What is MEDEK?

The Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK) was established in 2021. In 2023, MEDEK received accreditation authority from the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) for 83 vocational school programs to ensure their compliance with established standards, quality criteria, and performance metrics. https://medek.org.tr/

MEDEK Mission;

To contribute to raising the quality of education by providing information, external evaluation, and accreditation services for associate degree programs.

MEDEK Vision;

To be a pioneering organization that certifies the quality of mid-level human resources by defining the educational and research activities/administrative processes of associate degree programs with national and international standards and sharing the results with relevant institutions and organizations.

MEDEK's Purpose/Definition

To lead the training of professionals who follow professional developments, respond to changing workforce needs, possess high professional skills and equipment, are innovative and socially responsible, can take initiative, and have the qualities sought after by the relevant sector.

Accreditation Information

Ensuring quality assurance and continuous improvement of educational activities is important in order to gain significant advantages such as contributing to the improvement of the quality of vocational education received by students enrolled in the Home Patient Care Program of the Health Care Services Department at Pazar Vocational School of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, and making our program more preferred by students.

Within the framework of Türkiye's strategic development plans, and with the encouragement and support of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), the Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK) was established in 2021 to contribute to a qualified workforce and to improve the qualifications of vocational schools and their graduates. As an authorized accreditation center for vocational schools, MEDEK is authorized in the field of accreditation and contributes to shaping the qualified workforce of the future by certifying that vocational school programs comply with established standards, quality criteria, and performance metrics.

Accreditation is an evaluation and external quality assurance process that measures whether the relevant higher education program meets the academic and field-specific standards predetermined by the Council of Higher Education. Therefore, associate degree program accreditation is a tool for academic quality, transparency, and accountability. Accreditation of associate degree programs significantly contributes to the advancement of societal well-being by training better-educated and more qualified technicians who understand current and developing technologies.

MEDEK accreditation can provide significant advantages to graduates in finding employment. In this context, Pazar Vocational School, Health Care Services Department, Home Patient Care Program has entered the accreditation process with the Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK), the authorized accreditation body for vocational schools in our country. The preliminary application has been accepted, the self-assessment report has been uploaded to the system, and the field evaluation is expected in October 2025.

What are the MEDEK Accreditation Criteria?

Criterion 1. Students

Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives

Criterion 3. Program Outcomes

Criterion 4. Continuous Improvement

Criterion 5. Curriculum

Criterion 6. Teaching Staff

Criterion 7. Infrastructure

Criterion 8. Structure of Management and Administrative Units

Criterion 9. Program-Specific Criteria

Required Outcomes for the Home Patient Care Program

Defines the physiological, psychological, and social functions of individuals requiring home patient care.

Lists the care needs of individuals requiring home-based patient care.

Regulates the patient's relationship with their environment.

Explains the legal practices and support systems (social services, palliative care, etc.) for home-based patient care.