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el-Guebaly, Nady; Crockford, David; Cirone, Sharon; Kahan, Meldon – Substance Abuse, 2011
In Canada, the qualification of physicians is the jurisdiction of the College of Family Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Colleges have promoted the training of "generalists" in family medicine and "sophisticated generalists" among the traditional specialties, and the development of subspecialties…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Substance Abuse, Physicians, Psychiatry
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el-Guebaly, Nady; Violato, Claudio – Substance Abuse, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Certification, Substance Abuse, Medicine
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Hagedorn, W. Bryce; Culbreth, Jack R.; Cashwell, Craig S. – Professional Counselor, 2012
In this article, the authors discuss the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs' (CACREP) role in furthering the specialty of addiction counseling. After sharing a brief history and the role of counselor certification and licensure, the authors share the process whereby CACREP developed the first set of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Addictive Behavior, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counseling