en Medical Education Medical Education Original Research Original Research <p style="font-style:normal;"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><strong>Background: </strong>To implement the education reform package on accountability in medical education, the Education Development Center (EDC) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences has held the first national conference on accountability in medical education, and the present statement is the result of scientific interactions and exchanges in the conference.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Methods:</strong> For implementation of the accountability in medical education, there was a need to inform faculty members and other stakeholders about their responsibility in education and health care needs. The provision of such platform was provided by holding a specialized conference on accountability in medical education by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Steps of preparing the draft version of the Tabriz 2018 Statement were as follow: Formation the scientific committee; Division of the responsibility for drafting the statement between various workgroups; and Preparation and primary approval of the draft of Tabriz 2018 Statement.<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Results:</strong>&nbsp;Steps of preparing the draft version of the Tabriz 2018 Statement were: Formation of the scientific committee, Division of the responsibility for drafting the statement between the various workgroups and Preparation and primary approval of the draft of Tabriz 2018 Statement<br> <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusion:</strong> Establishing an educational accreditation model and reviewing accreditation standards based on social accountability can be an effective step to strengthen accountability towards community needs.</p> <p style="font-style:normal;">&nbsp;</p> Accountability, Medical, Education, Implementation 652 659 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5296-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Reza Ghaffari ghafarir@gmail.com 200319475328460064214 200319475328460064214 No Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Ali Taghizadieh alitaghizadieh@yahoo.com 200319475328460064215 200319475328460064215 No Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mozhgan Behshid behshidm@tbzmed.ac.ir 200319475328460064216 200319475328460064216 Yes Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, & Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mohammad Husein Somi محمد حسین صومی mhosseinsina@yahoo.com 200319475328460064217 200319475328460064217 No Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Azim Mirzazadeh mirzazad@tums.ac.ir 200319475328460064218 200319475328460064218 No Department of Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hamid Reza Baradaran baradaran98@yahoo.com 200319475328460064219 200319475328460064219 No Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mark Huntington Mark.Huntington@usd.edu 200319475328460064220 200319475328460064220 No Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069, United States Seyed Hasan Emami Razavi shemamirazavi@gmail.com 200319475328460064221 200319475328460064221 No Neuroscience Institute, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (BASIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Flora Baghban florarezvan@gmail.com 200319475328460064222 200319475328460064222 No 1. Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Fariba Salek ranjbarzadeh salekranjbarzadeh@gmail.com 200319475328460064223 200319475328460064223 No Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran