| Descriptor English: | Specialization | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Especialización
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Especialização | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Spécialisation | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Specialism Specialist Specialists |
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| Tree number(s): |
H02.811 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013038 | ||||||
| Scope note: | An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field. |
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| Annotation: | coordinate IM with field or subject (IM) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EC economics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2010; see SPECIALISM 1966-2009 |
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| History Note: | 2010 (1966) |
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| DeCS ID: | 13421 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D013038 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | W 90 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2010/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations
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Specialization
- Preferred
Specialists
- Related but not broader or narrower
Specialism
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0020214 |
| Scope note | An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field. |
| Preferred term | Specialization |
| Concept UI |
M0020215 |
| Preferred term | Specialists |
| Entry term(s) |
Specialist |
| Concept UI |
M0534471 |
| Scope note | The limitation of practice or study to a particular branch of medicine, dentistry, or other health profession. It is philosophically distinct from the generalist theory in which familiarity with a wide cross-section of the particular discipline is advocated. |
| Preferred term | Specialism |
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