SECRETARIAT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF MEDICINE

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shalimar Abdullah

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shalimar Abdullah Course Director Hand & Microsurgery Programme Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz,UKM Medical Centre. Dr. Shalimar Abdullah currently works as a Hand Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in […]

Flowchart of Credentialing and Privileging in HCTM for International Candidates

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.