Accreditation Process

Education Institutes and American College of Surgeons Collective Requirements

There are a number of operational steps that Education Institutes are accredited and the American College of Surgeons will need to complete in order to maintain the system of accreditation. The steps are described below:

1. On an annual basis the Division of Education will ask each Education Institute to complete an annual report. The Education Institute will supply data about their accreditation program as described.
2. The data will be collated and presented in such a way that all ACS Accredited Education Institutes and the public will have access to these data to review.
3. As periodically needed, the American College of Surgeons may change the requirements and/or the Standards and Criteria of the accreditation program to reflect the changing nature of surgical education and/or accreditation.

Revised April 25, 2006

ACS Accredited Education Institutes

Division of Education