# GeNext MedEd Foundation — Quality & Institutional Assurance Framework

**Document code:** GMEF-QA-001
**Version:** 1.0
**Status:** Controlled working framework

## Purpose
Creates a Foundation-wide mechanism to test whether programmes, research workflows, academic activities, host centres, faculty systems, certification and library processes are operating according to their approved standards.

## Assurance cycle
Plan → approve → deliver → capture evidence → review indicators → identify variance → corrective/preventive action → verify closure → annual review → archive/improve.

## Assurance domains
Governance/document control; programmes and fellowships; academic activities; faculty/mentor roles; host centres; attendance/assessment/certification; Research Connect; Academic Resource Library; privacy/data stewardship; collaboration/partner-role clarity; historical archive integrity.

## Evidence hierarchy
1. Controlled approval/decision record
2. Primary operational record
3. Independent/reviewer verification
4. Supporting documentary/media evidence
5. Reconstructed historical evidence, explicitly labelled

## Quality principles
No silent correction of controlled records; no inflation of proposed work into completed outcomes; distinguish participation from competency; preserve superseded versions; use minimum necessary personal data; investigate credible safety/ethics/privacy/integrity concerns; close actions with evidence.

## Review levels
Activity review · Programme review · Site review · Domain review · Annual institutional review.

## Escalation
Material safety, ethics, privacy, research-integrity, certificate-integrity or governance concerns may trigger immediate restriction pending authorised review.