Health Care

Credentialing

The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensure, admission to association membership, the award of a diploma or degree, etc.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensure, admission to association membership, the award of a diploma or degree, etc.

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

"recognition of professional or technical competence" through various measures: see MeSH definition

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History Note

80; was NON MESH before 1980

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  1. N03w.706.110w
  2. N05.700.200w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Credentialing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003406. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003406
  2. Credentialing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credentialing
  3. Credentialing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18349222