title: Compliance education through participational QA programs.
abstract: Attaining and sustaining an acceptable level of compliance to regulations, guidelines, or directives presents a challenge to every company. Compliance education programs usually combine in-house tailored programs with extramural courses, both of which are very valuable. It is recommended that two motivational participational Quality Assurance programs be added to your compliance education: (1) Deputy Quality Assurance monitoring program and (2) Quality Assurance group auditing. Both programs provide the researcher active involvement, on an ad hoc basis, in the compliance assessment process, and an increased awareness of the practical application of compliance principles. Through self-discovery and team building, both the researcher and Quality Assurance gain a mutual trust and respect for their respective expertise. Motivation is enhanced through this environment and provides a self-perpetuating impetus for proactive improvements in the compliance process. From a Quality Assurance perspective, effective compliance education combines in-house tailored compliance programs and extramural courses or meetings with these two participational Quality Assurance programs. The combination has the potential for going beyond our basic understanding of compliance and creating a compliance consciousness that can successfully translate into continually improving our compliance programs.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Pomerleau
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009042:Motivation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology