credentialing
Confirming professional competence
Credentialing is the process of verifying someone's qualifications, typically for professional practice.
Healthcare systems credential doctors by confirming their education, training, licenses, and certifications before granting hospital privileges.
The term extends to any formal verification of competence: The university handles credentialing for new faculty.
Also spelled credentialling.
Attestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- verificationProving something accurate
- licensingGranting official permission
board certification · endorsement · registration · professional development · continuing education · competency · examination · renewal
Giving unearned advantage
- hospital privilegesRight to treat patients there
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- verificationProving something accurate
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
delineation · reappointment · medical staff · bylaws · proctoring · primary source · practitioner · specialty
Academic completion document
- degreeUnit of measurement
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- certificateFormal written attestation
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
coursework · academic · institution · professional school · equivalency · evaluation · recognition · academic records
Worn symbol of membership
- digital certificateCryptographic authentication document
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- verificationProving something accurate
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
e-portfolio · competency-based · verifiable · issuer · metadata · shareable · LinkedIn · bootcamp
certification
Attestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- verificationProving something accurate
licensing · board certification · endorsement · registration · professional development · continuing education · competency · examination · renewal · reciprocity
privileging
Giving unearned advantage
- hospital privilegesRight to treat patients there
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- verificationProving something accurate
malpractice · delineation · reappointment · medical staff · bylaws · proctoring · primary source · practitioner · specialty · board-certified
diploma
Academic completion document
- degreeUnit of measurement
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- certificateFormal written attestation
qualification · coursework · academic · institution · professional school · equivalency · evaluation · recognition · academic records · graduation
badge
Worn symbol of membership
- digital certificateCryptographic authentication document
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- verificationProving something accurate
authentication · e-portfolio · competency-based · verifiable · issuer · metadata · shareable · LinkedIn · bootcamp · portable
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- permits and licenseslicenses, driver's license, business license, liquor license, fishing license
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- accreditingcertification, licensing, approval, endorsement, validation
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, health insurance card
credentialingdecertification
Revoking official recognition
delicensing · license revocation · disbarment · revocation · defrocking
credentialingderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
deprofessionalization · open access · deskilling · democratization · liberalization