Certification

"Certification" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D002568
MeSH Number(s)	N03.706.110.120 N05.700.200.190
Concept/Terms	Certification Certification Certifications Certification Level Certification Level Certification Levels Level, Certification Levels, Certification

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Certification".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Social Control, Formal [N03.706]
Credentialing [N03.706.110]
Certification [N03.706.110.120]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality Assurance, Health Care [N05.700]
Credentialing [N05.700.200]
Certification [N05.700.200.190]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Certification".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Certification".

Certification
Specialty Boards

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Bar chart showing 65 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	3	4
2004	2	2	4
2005	4	1	5
2006	4	2	6
2007	1	2	3
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	3	3
2010	1	2	3
2011	1	1	2
2012	0	2	2
2013	0	4	4
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	3	6
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	3	5	8
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Certification" by people in Profiles.

Schweon SJ, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M. Survey said! LTC-CIP?certificant's perspective with passing the certification exam. Am J Infect Control. 2025 03; 53(3):291-296.

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Nasca TJ. Are There Sufficient ACGME-Accredited GME Positions Leading to Eligibility for Initial Board Certification to Absorb UME Growth in the United States? J Grad Med Educ. 2024 02; 16(1):100-106.

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Gorgas DL, Calderon Y, Carter WA, White SR, Feldhaus KM, Reisdorff EJ, Joldersma KB, Kraus CK. The correlation between performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) qualifying and oral certifying examinations. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 01; 31(1):91-93.

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Ditunno JF, Cohen BS, Melvin JL, DeLisa JA, Walsh NE, Turk MA, Matthews DJ, Massagli TL, Kowalske KJ, Chiodo AE, McDeavitt JT. A Conversation Between Past and Present Chairs of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Four Decades of History and the Future of Board Certification. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 07 01; 101(7 Suppl 1):S5-S9.

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Panebianco NL, Mayo PH, Arntfield RT, Brown SM, Diaz-Gomez J, Hernandez A, Koenig SJ, Noble V, Sekiguchi H, Subhiyah RG, Mulvagh S, Saric M, Troianos CA, Labovitz AJ. Assessing Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography: Development and Initial Results of an Examination and Certification Processes. Crit Care Med. 2021 08 01; 49(8):1285-1292.

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Blayney DW, Albdelhafeez N, Jazieh AR, Pinto CF, Udrea A, Roach A, Das D, Grubbs S, Hamm J, Jahanzeb M, Kamal AH, Kelly RJ, Martin SE, O'Mahony D, Birch W, Bowman R, Crist STS, Evers A, Gilmore T, Klein M, Siegel R. International Perspective on the Pursuit of Quality in Cancer Care: Global Application of QOPI and QOPI Certification. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 05; 6:697-703.

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Buchs SR, Baginski R, Coombs JM, Duffy D, Garbas B, Honda T, Moloney-Johns A, Mazur Z, Murfin M, Statler M, Thurnes T. PAEA End of Rotation? Exams Accurately Identify Students at Risk of Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam Failure. J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Dec; 30(4):192-199.

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Hahn RT, Mahmood F, Kodali S, Lang R, Monaghan M, Gillam LD, Swaminathan M, Bonow RO, von Bardeleben RS, Bax JJ, Grayburn P, Zoghbi WA, Sengupta PP, Chandrashekhar Y, Little SH. Core Competencies in Echocardiography?for Imaging Structural?Heart Disease Interventions: An Expert Consensus Statement. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 12; 12(12):2560-2570.

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Baren JM, Beeson MS, Chudnofsky CR, Goyal DG, Kowalenko T, Mallory MNS, Heller BN, Reisdorff EJ. Costs and Benefits of Initial Certification for Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates. J Grad Med Educ. 2019 Dec; 11(6):649-653.

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Troianos CA. The Time is Now for Board Certification in Cardiac Anesthesia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 03; 34(3):573-574.

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