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Descriptor English: Certification
Descriptor Spanish: Certificación
Descriptor certificación
Entry term(s) certificación de profesionales
titulación de profesionales
Scope note: Cumplimiento con el conjunto de normas definidas por organizaciones no gubernamentales. La certificación se solicita de manera particular y voluntaria y, cuando se obtiene, confiere prestigio profesional, p.ej., la certificación para una especialidad médica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Certificação
Descriptor French: Attestation
Entry term(s): Certification Level
Certification Levels
Certifications
Level, Certification
Levels, Certification
Tree number(s): N03.706.110.120
N05.700.200.190
SP9.242.315.475.901.328.365
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002568
Scope note: Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty.
Annotation: by the profession; certification by various boards can go here but consider also LICENSURE; coordinate IM with specialty or discipline (IM); specify geographic term if pertinent; ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION see ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Accreditation (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Related: Accreditation MeSH
Licensure MeSH
Specialty Boards MeSH
DeCS ID: 2608
Unique ID: D002568
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Certification - Preferred
Concept UI M0003923
Scope note Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty.
Preferred term Certification
Entry term(s) Certifications
Certification Level - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0003924
Preferred term Certification Level
Entry term(s) Certification Levels
Level, Certification
Levels, Certification



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