Concept

Professional certification

Overview

Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task. Not all certifications that use post-nominal letters are an acknowledgement of educational achievement, or an agency appointed to safeguard the public interest.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

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Place in the tradition

Part of Bioethics.

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