Standards and revalidation or recertification.

Recertification in the medical specialties: a way forward.

Revalidation will have two core components: relicensure and specialist recertification. All doctors wishing to practise in the UK will require a licence issued by the General Medical Council and those on the specialist register will also be required to demonstrate that they meet the standards that apply to their medical specialty. Eight methods of evaluating performance are considered in this p...

Appraisal and revalidation--guidance for consultants preparing for relicensing and specialist recertification.

How paediatricians can prepare for revalidation.

Revalidation has begun with relicensing in 2009. All paediatricians will have to demonstrate that they meet generic standards in the General Medical Council's (GMC) Good Medical Practice for continued relicensing. Paediatricians on the specialist register will have to demonstrate that they meet the specialist standards set by the College and approved by the GMC in order to recertify. Five satis...

Physician revalidation in Europe.

Despite the increasing attention on patient mobility, there remains a lack of European-level interest in assuring the sustained competence of health professionals. Specifically, the existing European legal framework fails to recognise the introduction of periodic revalidation and requirements to participate in continuing professional development in some countries. This study shows that the defi...

Early treatment of patient with Class III skeletal and dental patterns

Class III skeletal pattern is characterized by disharmony between maxillary and mandibular basal bones anteroposteriorly, and might or might not be associated with dental changes. In general, facial esthetics is hindered significantly, which most of times is the reason why patients or patient's guardians seek treatment. This case was presented to the Brazilian Board of Orthodontics and Dentofac...