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Medical Credentials
Healthcare professional credentials are credentials awarded to many healthcare practitioners as a way to standardize the level of education and ability to provide care. Clinicians * Physician ** Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) ** Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) ** Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) * Dentist ** Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) ** Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) ** Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) * Optometrist ** Doctor of Optometry (OD) * Podiatrist ** Podiatric medical school, Doctor of Podiatry (DPM) * Chiropractor ** Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) * Physician assistant, Physician Assistant (PA) ** Doctor of Medical Science (D.Med.Sc.), (D.M.Sc.) ** Master of Medical Science (M.Med.Sc), (M.M.Sc.) ** Master of Physician Assistant Studies (M.P.A.S.) ** Professional (Second-entry) Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant (B.Sc.PA.), (B.H.Sc.PA) * Pharmacist (R.Ph.) **Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) **Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) **Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy, treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as Specialty (medicine), specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practitioner, general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the Discipline (academia), academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, underlying diseases, and their treatment, which is the science of medicine, and a decent Competence (human resources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
