Board Credentialing In Healthcare

Credentialing and privileging have become an important aspect in US healthcare systems in an effort to produce better care while ensuring competence among healthcare providers. This is important because it allows healthcare professionals to be accountable to the quality of care they provide to the patients. During the practice-education dialogue event, we learnt about board certification and residencies and the role they play in practice. Up to this point, most guest pharmacists and professors have addressed the issue of whether or not to obtain a residency but not board certification. According to ACCP, board certification helps improve feeling of self-worth and confidence, provide competitive edge in obtaining jobs, job retention and enhances