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Abstract: Develop and disseminate quality indicators for professional service delivery programs
RESOLVED, That by January 1, 2005, ASHA develop and disseminate quality indicators for professional service delivery programs that can be used for program self-evaluation; and further
RESOLVED , That the quality indicators undergo review at least every five years.
RATIONALE: The Executive Board and Legislative Council of ASHA have spent considerable time reviewing the status of the Association’s clinical service delivery accreditation program. The Executive Board charged a Transition Team in 1999 to consider models for this program and make recommendations to the Executive Board and LC. Four models were proposed, with the pros and cons of each presented. The Executive Board supported the recommendation of the Transition Team to pursue an outsourcing model for the accreditation of clinical service delivery programs. No viable responses to a Request for Proposal were forthcoming. A resolution was prepared to change the Bylaws to eliminate the professional services accreditation program and the Council on Professional Services Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CPSA). This Bylaws change, if passed, means that there would be no national standards from the Association for operating quality clinical service delivery programs. Even though ASHA will no longer have a professional services accreditation program, a need remains for quality indicators to serve as a framework for clinical service delivery that can be used for program self-evaluation.
OUTCOME(S): An increased number of professional service programs will use ASHA’s quality indicators for clinical service delivery.
The Association will provide all academic programs in speech-language pathology and audiology with the quality indicators for clinical service delivery and encourage programs to disseminate them to students.
BUDGET IMPACT: The budget impact is dependent upon what group (e.g., ad hoc committee, task force, National Office staff) is charged with developing the quality indicators. If a 5-person task force were to be charged, the cost would be $4,800.
If the 2002 CPSA standards are used as quality indicators for professional service delivery programs, then such a task force would not be necessary until 2004.
PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT: If this resolution passes, ASHA will be able to maintain quality indicators for clinical service delivery programs based on previously established and accepted standards for professional service programs in audiology and speech-language pathology.
If this resolution does not pass, there would be no quality indicators from the Association for operating audiology and speech-language pathology clinical service delivery programs.
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