Documentation of experience: preventive medicine for family physicians. The AAFP Commission on Quality and Scope of Practice.
The AAFP, the American Medical Association and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations clearly agree on the principle that privileges should be based on documented evidence of training, experience and demonstrated current competence. Because of the broad nature of the specialty, family physicians will often be required to provide evidence of competence when requesting hospital privileges. The best defense against difficulties in credentialing and our best hope to continue providing the services to our patients for which we are trained are to create and keep current a strong documentation system of personal training and experience.
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D000068:Accreditation; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States