Feb. 16, 2015: Safety Professionals Call for Outcomes-Based Accreditation
Such Accreditation Can Assure More Effective Transfer of Required Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities/Behaviors
DES PLAINES, Ill. — In an age where academic degrees may be literally printed from home, some experts are calling for the development of minimum requirements to accredit academic programs in the occupational safety and health (OSH) profession.
An outcomes-based accreditation can assure a more effective transfer of the required knowledge, skills, or abilities/behaviors for students, faculty, academic programs, and institutions, write authors James Ramsay, Elbert Sorrell, and Wayne Hartz in the February issue of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE’s) Professional Safety Journal.