Louisa Reynolds, MPM, Council on Education for Public Health, 800 Eye Street, NW, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 789-1050, LReynolds@ceph.org

This presentation, the third of the series exploring collaborative schools and graduate programs of public health, will focus on problems and challenges that arise when inter-institutional or multi-institutional collaborations are attempted and fail. It will examine problems as they relate specifically to the various criteria for accreditation. This includes particularly criteria relating to organizational setting, governance, resources, and instructional programs. Actual, although anonymous, cases will be examined and possible solutions discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify possible problem areas at the beginning of the process establishing organizational collaborations in order to prevent escalation.
• Specify the reasons behind the various criteria as they relate to accreditation of collaborative schools and programs.
• Evaluate the benefits in contrast to problems in order to determine if collaboration is worth pursuing.

Keywords: Accreditation, Collaboration

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.