(Re) Accreditation Process

Before any application to be reviewed by the EFP, the graduate program in periodontology seeking EFP recognition must comply with a series of quality standards.

The standards are defined in general terms, followed by more specific, concrete requirements and learning outcomes. The standards are minimum requirements that the university programme should have and are grouped into four main categories:

1. Qualifications of the director of the postgraduate periodontology training programme (the trainer).
2. Qualifications of the postgraduate training programme.
3. Qualifications of the periodontology training facility.
4. Qualifications of the periodontal service.

The standards and requirements can be found in Quality Standards for Graduate Programmes in Periodontology 

When the post graduate in periodontology seeking for the EFP recognition meets the quality standards they should build up a application file including a series of documents for the evaluation process:

• Survey questionnaire (pdf)
• Full CV’s of the professional staff
• Detailed copy of the time table of the training program offered to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students: lectures, clinical conferences/report meetings, seminars including aims and objectives, reading list, patient treatment, clinical conferences, the names of the teachers responsible for each item, examinations (written/oral per subject, per year), weekly/semestrial schedule etc.
• Copy of scientific publications/presentations/congress given/attended by any person involved in the program management
• Copies of available protocols related to hygienic circumstance
• Copies of any available written policies and procedures
• Copies of any available dental protocols
• A detailed report of the research activity of the Department
• Copies of accreditation sandards of any accredited periodontal clinic where students are being offered an internship
• A detailed periodontal traning program including the course program
 organization (research, clinical and didactic learning).
• A case presentation of at least one postgraduate student

The director of the applying programme sends the completed questionnaire together with all the additional information to the Chairman of the board of the EFP-PEC for review. The EFP-PEC board will then determine whether the provided application files meets the requirements and deserves a site visit.

All information about the EFP accreditation is detailed in the Working document for accreditation.

Once the EFP-PEC committee approves the application file, a 2 days on-site visit of the postgraduate training centre is organised in order to validate the application file. The site visiting committee consists of 3 members and the composition is as follows:

• Chairman: one of the EFP-PEC board members not coming from the country of the applying school
• An EFP-PEC society representative member of the country from which the application is coming (internal EFP-PEC society representative).
• An EFP-PEC society representative member not coming from the country of the applying school (external EFP-PEC society representative) or one of the EFP-PEC board members.

The director of the applying program is responsible to coordinate with the visit. The evaluation process includes:

• Inspection of all the facilities
• Interviews with professors, graduate students, former students and teachers.
• Attending patient treatment by graduate students (initial treatment as well as surgery)
• Attendance of lecture, seminars, case and research presentation
• Detailed discussions on the provided file

All information about the site visit is detailed in the Working document for accreditation