The IQA Framework is an initiative of the RCPA with Commonwealth funding from the Department of Health Quality Use of Pathology Program.
The aim of the IQA Framework is to provide pathologists with a mechanism to monitor internal performance. IQA Frameworks will be developed for each pathology discipline and practicing pathologists will be required to undertake and document a prescribed number of hours of related IQA activities annually.
Pathologists with considerable expertise in Anatomical Pathology, Haematology and Forensic Pathology have contributed to the content of the IQA Frameworks developed to date. The remaining disciplines will attract similar levels of expertise in the development phase. A Steering Committee of Fellows of the RCPA has overseen the project (see below). The Chair continues to be involved with the implementation of the Anatomical Pathology IQA Framework.
Project Steering Committee
Name
|
Organisation
|
Discipline
|
Associate Professor Adrienne Morey (Chair) |
St Vincent’s Pathology NSW |
Anatomical Pathologist |
Professor Jane Dahlstrom |
ACT Pathology |
Anatomical Pathologist |
Dr Stephen Fairy |
Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology NSW |
Anatomical Pathologist |
Associate Professor Margaret Cummings |
Pathology Queensland Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital QLD |
Cytopathologist |
Dr James Daly |
QML Pathology QLD |
Haematologist |
Associate Professor Neil Langlois |
Forensics SA |
Forensic Pathologist |
Dr Jeanne Tomlinson |
RCPAQAP |
Anatomical Pathologist |
RCPA IQA Project Team
Dr Bronwen Ross
Ms Vanessa White
Ms Lynda Saunders
Ms Marion Higginson
The College gratefully acknowledges the contributions of all those who gave their time in developing, reviewing, and implementing the IQA Framework.