Post-Graduate Training Program Accreditation

Global Standards for Family Medicine Programs. Align with global best practices and enhance your program’s credibility

In an ever-evolving healthcare landscape, ensuring that your post-graduate family medicine training program meets both international and local standards is crucial. Our Post-Graduate Training Program Accreditation is designed to address the key challenges faced by academic institutions, medical universities, and training programs in family medicine.

By aligning your program with globally recognized standards while adapting to local needs, we help you foster continuous improvement and enhance the quality of medical education.

A Future-Ready Training Program

Why choose WONCA’s Post-Graduate Training Program Accreditation

Postgraduate Training Program Accreditation

This accreditation ensures family medicine programs meet international and local standards, enhancing credibility, fostering improvement, and granting global recognition through WONCA's network.

Ensure Quality Assurance

Implement and maintain top-tier training programs that meet rigorous international standards to improve your overall healthcare delivery.

Gain Access to an Extensive Global Network

Leverage opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, and growth. Our team ensures a global, tailored, multicultural approach.

Ensure Ongoing Excellence and Adaptability

Continuous feedback program ensures defined training outcomes, structured and practice-based learning approaches, comprehensive training structure and duration, and more through regular reviews and feedback to keep your program at the forefront of medical education.

Deliver Reliable Evaluation

Assess and ensure that your digital health solutions align with high standards of safety and effectiveness through our specialized accreditation services.

Enhance Skills and Professionalism

Training programs accredited by WONCA ensure students receive high-quality education that fosters both medical expertise and professional autonomy.

Access accreditation that’s adaptive to local needs

Our standards and accreditation process emphasize the importance of tailoring programs to local needs, while maintaining global standards.

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TESTIMONIALS

What our Clients say

Achieving accreditation from WONCA—an objective and global FM organization—provides our program and clinics compelling validation and demonstration of our commitment to quality both within and outside our health system. Applicants to our program have highlighted their appreciation of this special status.

Dr Peter S.P. Lee, Jiahui Health

“We identified many areas for improvement in our training program and received valuable feedback. This process also gave us confidence in recognizing that some of our efforts meet international standards of excellence. With WONCA accreditation, we can now confidently tell students that “if you train in our program, you will become a competent family physician at the international standard level.” This will help increase the number of excellent family physicians in Japan.”

Japan Primary Care Association

“We have just successfully finished the first year of training and assessment. A time to reflect on progress against WONCA standards. As the academic committee evaluates the first-year experience further consultation from the WONCA experts is planned to prepare the ground for better performance and full accreditation”.

Arabian Gulf University

HOW IT WORKS

How the
Accreditation
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Application Submission

Begin by submitting your application for accreditation, providing essential information about your program.

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Virtual Assessment

A detailed desk review followed by a structured virtual assessment conducted by three WONCA experts to evaluate initial compliance with our standards.

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In-Person Assessment

Two WONCA experts conduct an in-person evaluation to thoroughly review your program’s implementation, resources, and training processes.

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Comprehensive Report

Receive a detailed report with recommendations and feedback based on the assessment. This report may lead to accreditation for up to five years or provide guidance for further improvement.

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Ongoing Evaluation

Benefit from yearly progress reviews over the accreditation period, ensuring that your program continues to evolve and improve in line with global best practices.

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A Standard of Excellence Recognized Worldwide

WONCA’s Post-Graduate Training Program Accreditation is not just about meeting local or national standards. It’s about achieving excellence on a global scale. Our accreditation process is internationally recognized, making it easier for your program to gain credibility and respect across borders. Organizations that earn prestigious accreditation benefit from enhanced job prospects in healthcare systems around the world, and institutions gain access to WONCA’s extensive global network, providing opportunities for collaboration, mentorship, and further professional development. By aligning with WONCA’s standards, you ensure that your program remains at the forefront of global medical education and practice.

RESOURCES

For more information about our accreditation processes, download these resources.

  • WONCA Global Standards for Postgraduate Family Medicine Education - Guide for Program Development 2016

  • WONCA Global Standards for Postgraduate Family Medicine Education 2013