One Toxic Drug Is Not Like Another - AHRQ WebM&M: Case & Commentary

MEDICINE | February 2011 | SPOTLIGHT CASE
One Toxic Drug Is Not Like Another
Commentary by Eric S. Holmboe, MD


Case Objectives

- Distinguish between the three distinct regulatory processes of board certification, medical licensure, and credentialing.
- Appreciate how emerging maintenance-of-certification and licensure processes address physician competence and patient safety.
- Understand limitations of physician self-assessment of competence and the important role for external feedback and guidance.

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