Al-Zahraa College of Medicine at the University of Basra held a programmatic accreditation symposium to explain the first and second axes of accreditation, which were presented by Prof. Hussein Kati’ Abdel-Sada Al-Mutharam, in the presence of the Dean of Al-Zahraa College of Medicine, Prof. Mazen Hawaz Abdel Reda Al-Muharam and the heads of the accreditation axes in the college. The symposium targeted both the teaching and administrative staff as well as the students of Al-Zahraa College of Medicine, during which the details of the two axes were explained and how to write a self-evaluation report was touched upon.