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Pediatric rehabilitation medicine (PRM) is a subspecialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to evaluating infants, children, and adolescents with temporary or permanent disabilities. PRM physicians (also known as pediatric...
This is a sample core privilege form for dermatology. The Credentialing Resource Center website houses over 100 criteria-based core privilege forms for physicians and advanced practice professionals.
Dermatologists are physicians who specialize in evaluating and managing adults and children with benign and malignant conditions and disorders of the skin, hair, nails, and adjacent mucous membranes, according to the American Board of Dermatology (ABD).
Pediatric pulmonologists treat a variety of respiratory disorders in children. Physicians in this subspecialty often provide care to patients with lung-related illnesses from the time of birth through 21 years, according to the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP).
According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), addiction psychiatry is the sub-specialty of psychiatry that focuses on the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of substance-related disorders, including related education and research.
A cardiovascular perfusionist (CP) is a skilled allied health professional who is qualified by academic and clinical education to operate extracorporeal circulation equipment during any medical situation in which it is necessary to support or temporarily replace the patient’s circulatory or...
