Certification of medical workers is a system of measures aimed at a comprehensive and comprehensive evaluation of the medical activity of medical workers.
Attestation can be regular or non-regular. A medical worker undergoes regular attestation at least once every five years, except for cases provided for by law. According to the results of the certification, the employee’s suitability for the position is determined, qualification categories are assigned.
Compliance of the medical worker with the qualification category
Qualification categories are assigned only based on the results of the certification. At the same time, the requirements set for the level of professional training and qualification of these employees are taken into account.
Let’s consider which ones:
The qualification category “doctor-specialist of the second category” is established for medical workers who have demonstrated a high level of professionalism, with at least five years of work experience in this specialty, who have the theoretical and practical training in their specialty required by the program, possess modern methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
To doctors working in rural medical clinics and district hospitals, in the positions of epidemiologists, parasitologists, doctors in occupational hygiene, child and adolescent hygiene, food hygiene and communal hygiene of sanitation stations located in rural areas, in the positions of district therapists and district pediatricians , ambulance doctors, medical aviation stations, the second qualification category can be assigned when there is at least three years of work experience.
The qualification category “specialist of the first category” is assigned to specialist doctors with at least seven years of work experience in this specialty, who have the theoretical and practical training required by the program in their own and related specialties, and possess modern methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of patients.
To doctors working in rural medical clinics and district hospitals, in the positions of epidemiologists, parasitologists, doctors in occupational hygiene, child and adolescent hygiene, food hygiene and communal hygiene of sanitation stations located in rural areas, in the positions of district therapists and district pediatricians , ambulance doctors, medical aviation stations, the first qualification category can be assigned when there is at least five years of work experience.
The qualification category “specialist of the highest category” is assigned to specialist doctors who have at least 10 years of work experience in this specialty and high theoretical and practical professional training according to the program, possess modern methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients in their own and related specialties.
To doctors working in rural medical clinics and district hospitals, in the positions of epidemiologists, parasitologists, doctors in occupational hygiene, child and adolescent hygiene, food hygiene and communal hygiene of sanitation stations located in rural areas, in the positions of district therapists and district pediatricians , ambulance doctors, medical aviation stations, a higher qualification category can be assigned when there is at least seven years of work experience.
It is recommended to assign qualification categories in the following sequence: second, first, higher. If the doctor has the appropriate work experience and demonstrates various types of activities in his personal educational portfolio and significantly (three times or more) exceeds the minimum requirements for the number of continuous professional development points per year, the attestation commission can decide on assigning a higher category. 6. Periods of work, training in internship, clinical residency, doctoral studies and postgraduate studies in this specialty are included in the length of work in a specialty for attestation of a qualification category.