title: The international certification of addiction medicine: validating clinical knowledge across borders.
abstract: The experience of the International Society of Addiction Medicine in setting up the first international certification of clinical knowledge is reported. The steps followed and the results of a psychometric analysis of the tests from the first 65 candidates are reported. Lessons learned in the first 5 years and challenges for the future are identified.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. nady.el-guebaly@albertahealthservices.ca
authors.forename: Nady
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: el-Guebaly
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Violato
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D000078329:Workforce