On September 16–18, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Medical College Named after Pharmacist-Artist Levon Sargsyan.
The chair of the expert panel is Asya Simonyan, teacher at the Chair of Theory and Methods of Physical Training of the M. Nalbandyan State University of Shirak, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. The members of the expert panel are Gohar Sargsyan, quality assurance manager at the Yerevan State Basic Medical College, Shushanik Asryan, quality assurance manager at the Mesrop Mashtots University and the Affiliated Basic College, Angelina Tonoyan, student at the Kotayk Regional State College.
The coordinator of the process is Anahit Utmazyan, head of ANQA’s Secretariat.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached and carried out desk review.
Meetings were held with the education institution’s management staff, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, alumni, employers, teachers, students and other stakeholders. The expert panel conduced class observations and resource observations.
"Professional talks" with the managers, teaching staff, and students of the Aps "Dental Technical Work", "Cosmetics and Make-up Art", "Nursing" took place as well.
The process coming after the site visit is the preparation of an expert panel report, which points out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and contains the recommendations of the expert panel. Based on that report, the education institution will prepare a follow-up plan with a clear schedule.
Next on, ANQA’s Accreditation Committee will make a decision whether to grant accreditation (for two, four or six years) or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.