The Institutional Self-Assessment Social Accountability Tool (ISAT): Nurturing Social Accountability Progress in Medical and Health Professions Education

Authors

  • Prattama Santoso Utomo Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-4446
  • Karessa Govender The Network: Towards Unity For Health
  • Aricia De Kempeneer The Network: Towards Unity For Health
  • Nicholas Torres The Network: Towards Unity For Health

Keywords:

social accountability, ISAT, medical education, health professions education, self assessment

Abstract

Social accountability becomes an emerging and contemporary issue in medical and health professions education. Institution across countries respond, define, and implement social accountability in a various approach. The issue of including social accountability aspects in accreditation of health professions education has been reported in many studies and countries (Prihatiningsih et al., 2020). In practice, some aspects of social accountability have been included in medical and health professions education accreditation system in different countries. However, there has not been an accreditation system that comprehensively included social accountability domains in their parameter. Currently, there is limited availability on formal standards and tools for social accountability assessment. This manuscript intends to present and discuss an alternative instrument to assess social accountability of medical and health professions education, for instance, the Institutional Self-Assessment Social Accountability Tool (ISAT).

Author Biographies

Prattama Santoso Utomo, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Prattama Santoso Utomo, M.D, MHPEd, FAIMER Fellow is an Assistant Professor (Medical Education) in the Department of Medical Education and Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He currently represents Universitas Gadjah Mada as part of The Network: TUFH Global Secretariat, and focusing on Social Accountability (including ISAT) and Faculty Development. His research interests are medical education, general medicine, and social accountability.

Karessa Govender, The Network: Towards Unity For Health

Karessa Govender, B.Sc.OT, M.Sc.OT. is the TUFH Academies and Social Accountability Manager for The Network: TUFH and is an occupational therapist by training.

Aricia De Kempeneer, The Network: Towards Unity For Health

Aricia De Kempeneer, M.Sc. is the Operations and Programming Director of The Network: Towards Unity for Health and is a midwife practitioner.

Nicholas Torres, The Network: Towards Unity For Health

Nicholas Torres, M.Ed. is the Executive Director of the Network Towards Unity for Health and he teaches Social Policy and Not-for-Profit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Published

2022-08-10

How to Cite

Utomo, P. S., Govender, K., De Kempeneer, A., & Torres, N. (2022). The Institutional Self-Assessment Social Accountability Tool (ISAT): Nurturing Social Accountability Progress in Medical and Health Professions Education. Social Innovations Journal, 14(4). Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/3763