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Abstract
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.
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Classification
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Certifications
- Certification Level
- Certification Levels
- Level, Certification
- Levels, Certification
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10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing 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
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Previous Indexing
- Accreditation (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Certification. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002568. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002568
- Certification. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certification
- Certification. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374814