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The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Medicine has established a quality system for research at the faculty to develop and ensure the quality of research.
The Faculty of Medicine's quality system for research is based on Umeå University's policy for quality development and quality assurance of research. The policy, in turn, is based on both the common framework for higher education institutions' quality assurance and quality development of research that the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) has developed and on Umeå University's vision, which was adopted by the University Board on 2019-04-03.
Umeå University's policy includes the following four components of quality work:
A. Culture of quality in research B. Resources for quality in research C. Strategic choices and priorities for research development and renewalD. Follow-up, analysis and evaluation
The Faculty of Medicine's organisation and governing documents, such as rules of procedure and decision-making and delegation of authority, describe both the line organisation and the division of responsibilities and roles within the faculty. Through the faculty's current organisation and governance, strengths, development opportunities and weaknesses are identified.
An example of this is that the faculty management is represented in several of the faculty's meeting bodies, which provides a close link between the faculty and department levels and good opportunities for discussion about quality work in research at different levels.
