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ReviewEJIFCC2021

Professional Certification in Point-of-Care Testing.

T Scott Isbell, Elaine Colwell, Elizabeth L Frank, Brad S Karon, Veronica Luzzi, Lou Ann Wyer

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Review in EJIFCC, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

T Scott IsbellDepartment of Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Saint Louis University, U.S.A.
Elaine ColwellDepartment of Professional Education, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, U.S.A.
Elizabeth L FrankDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah Health, U.S.A.
Brad S KaronDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, U.S.A.
Veronica LuzziTriCore Research Institute, U.S.A.
Lou Ann WyerSentara Healthcare, U.S.A.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Professional certification is affirmation and documentation that the certified individual has the knowledge, training, and skills necessary to practice some aspect of medicine or other profession. Herein is a description of the genesis of a professional certification in point of care testing (POCT), inclusive of rationale and goals. A distinction between professional certification and certificate training programs is made. Details regarding eligibility to sit for the board exam are provided along with a list exam content areas. Finally, successes of this professional certification program are highlighted.

Indexed as

professional certificationprofessionalismquality assurancestandards

Identifiers

PMID34819820
PMCPMC8592634

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