board certification
Official specialty recognition
Board certification is official recognition that a professional has met the standards of a specialized governing body.
Most commonly used in medicine, where physicians become board certified in specialties like cardiology or pediatrics after passing rigorous examinations: She's board certified in emergency medicine.
The term extends to other fields with professional boards, from nursing to financial planning.
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
- diplomateBoard-certified specialist
- credentialingVerifying professional qualifications
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
passing score · medical boards · revalidation · subspecialty · accreditation · continuing education · bar association · residency · medicine · test · governing body · competency · professional standards · fellowship · professional development · nursing · proficiency · lifelong learning
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- qualificationsqualifications, credentials, qualified, competent, eligibility
- veterinary medicineveterinary medicine, veterinary degree, pet hospitals, animal clinics, small animal vet
- Credentialscredential, credentials, degree, diploma, license
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, internal medicine, CPR, anatomical model
- physician profilesname, specialty, education, credentials, photo
board certificationuncertified
Lacking official approval
non-certified · decertified · unqualified · uncredentialed · unlicensed
board certificationstate license
Official permission to practice
provisional license · associate degree · on-the-job training · apprenticeship