Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Accreditation for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Facility in Bahrain: Discussion (Resumed)
2:40 pm
Dr Audrey Dillon:
I dispute Professor Finucane's last point, which I believe was alluded to earlier in Professor Kelly's presentation that the medical students in Bahrain have no particular legal advantage or disadvantage to our accreditation process. I dispute that they are not able to get jobs in Canada or Germany due to some failing on our part. Our main priority is to ensure high standards with regard to medical education in line with international best practice are being maintained throughout all bodies we accredit for medical education. That is our main priority in the planning of our accreditation work.