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QT35
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accreditation 
accréditationCategory label
Accreditation AccréditationQ-Code supplementary keywords
certificationQ-Code scope note
a process whereby recognition is granted by a professional organization to an institution or service person as assessed by predetermined criteria. (Woncadic)un processus, évalués par des critères prédéterminés, par lequel une institution ou un service aux personnes sont reconnus par une organisation professionnelle. (Woncadic)Q-Code conceptual content
ACCREDITATION a process whereby recognition is granted by a professional organization to an institution or service person as assessed by predetermined criteria. (Woncadic)Accreditation Certification as complying with a standard set by non-governmental organizations, applied for by institutions, programs, and facilities on a voluntary basis.(MeSH)Accreditation: a process in which an accrediting body determines whether an institution or organization meets certain standards developed by the body. For example, the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accredits animal research programs, and the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) accredits human subjects research programs.(NIEH gloss)BOARD CERTIFICATION process by which physicians who have completed all the training requirements are admitted to a medical speciality.(Woncadic)Certification ; A type of individual credentialing by which a nongovernmental agency recognizes an individual who has met specific qualifications, such as graduation from an accredited academic program, passing an examination, or having a certain amount of work experience (Taub, 1994). Certification ; The process by which governmental, non-governmental or professional organizations or other statutory bodies grant recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined specified qualifications. In most cases such recognition is on a voluntary basis. (IIME)CERTIFICATION is attestation, usually written, of facts within the knowledge of the responsible persons. In medicine certification has two meanings: 1. The documentation by a physician, that a patient has a health problem indicating, that he is unfit for work or can be granted some other benefits. Often used for declaration of sanity/insanity. 2. Licencing of physicians - evidence that a physician meets the standards of performance required for practicing medicine. (Woncadic)MEDICAL SOCIETIES, MEDICAL COLLEGES ; groups of physicians who share a professional interest in a branch of medicine or in a specific medical problem.(Woncadic) Societies, Medical ; Societies whose membership is limited to physicians .(MeSH)Certification ; is the mechanism whereby nongovernmental bodies recognize a certain level of achievement by those engaged in the practice of medicine. Generally, such achievement is evidenced by completion of an accredited training program and successful performance on an examination administered by the professional organization representative of that field of medicine. Inasmuch as certification is not a function of government, it does not carry with it inherent legal rights and privileges such as licensure does.(AAFP)UMLS CUI
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