Credentialing and privileging the preventive medicine physician

The practice of preventive medicine remains ill-defined, and the specialty is threatened by a void in the definition of the specialty's practice. The authors propose a cohesive, active identification of skills provided by trained preventive medicine physicians through the credentialing and priv...

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Published in:Preventive medicine 2019-01, Vol.118, p.166-170
Main Authors: Jung, Paul, Lushniak, Boris D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Competence - standards
Credentialing
Credentialing - standards
Humans
Internship and Residency
License
Medical practice
Medical Staff Privileges - standards
Physicians
Physicians - standards
Preventive Medicine
Privileging
Public Health
United States
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Summary:The practice of preventive medicine remains ill-defined, and the specialty is threatened by a void in the definition of the specialty's practice. The authors propose a cohesive, active identification of skills provided by trained preventive medicine physicians through the credentialing and privileging process. The privileging process should incorporate clinical skills specific to the provider and non-clinical skills based on preventive medicine residency training competency requirements, preventive medicine board certification examination requirements, and the ten essential public health services. The specialty may benefit from development of clinical training based on public health clinical services as well as privileging of physicians in health organization leadership positions. •Paper explores a perceived void in the practice of General Preventive Medicine.•Authors propose identifying preventive medicine skills through credentialing and privileging•Privileging derived from training, certification, and essential public health services
ISSN:0091-7435
1096-0260
DOI:10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.015