Professor Norlia Abdullah is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Surgery, the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) & Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Specialist Centre (UKMSC). She […]
DEFINITION
Credentialing: a process to set the standards and to do an evaluation for a person’s qualification in a field or procedure. It is recognition for the professional training done by a medical practitioner.
Privileges: the rights given by the hospital for a medical practitioner to give treatments or to do procedures on hospital patients based on the qualifications of the training, and the medical practitioner’s experience and expertise.
