
EQA Made Easy: Preparing for your next External Quality Assessment
Course Description
For the Internal Audit Profession we now have 52 standards spread across 15 principles within 5 domains. And each of those 52 standards has one or more “must do” activities before your audit function can claim conformance to the Standards.
Getting ready for your next EQA can seem like a massive chore, especially when this task is added to your “day job” of providing quality audit services.
But don’t stress! This course will help break it down for you and make it easy.
Regardless of whether your next EQA is next month or in 5 years, get started preparing for it today with this course.

Course Summary
Time: 90 minutes
Topics: EQA, QAIP, Quality Assessments, Standards
Course Topics
Topics we will go over during this 90 minute course include:
- The purpose of quality assessments and why they are important (hint: it isn’t just conformance to the Standards).
- The new standards related to external quality assessments including the role of the new topical requirements.
- A summary of the Quality Assessment Manual, templates and tools to make the job easy.
- How to choose a quality assessment team.
- Understanding the SAIV process, when it makes sense, how much time it will take, and the true cost.
- A step-by-step guide to help you prepare for the assessment.
- Time saving tips and tricks.
Target Audience
This course is for:
- Audit leaders and managers responsible for preparing for an EQA.
- IA Chapter program directors looking for quality and affordable learning opportunities for their chapters.
Course Materials
Following the course each participant will receive:
- A link to download a summary of the content presented during the course.
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