Membership is open to all health professionals with an interest in helping people who have diabetes live full and productive lives. This is the first advanced practice certification examination in diabetes care and enhances opportunities for a more focused interdisciplinary approach to diabetes management. A separate certification examination will be offered for RNs, RDs, and RPhs. Certification is a process by which an individual licensed to practice a profession is attested to have met certain predetermined standards specified by that profession for specialty practice. Its purpose is to ensure the pub lic that an individual has mastered a body of knowledge and acquired skills and abilities in a particular specialty.
Certification protects the public by enabling anyone to identify competent people more readily.
Simulta neously it aids the profes sion by encouraging and recognizing professional achievement. Certification also recognizes specialization, enhances professionalism and, in some cases, serves as a criterion for finan cial reim bursement. It may also foster an expanded role within the employment setting. Certification of advanced practice signifies attainment of specific criteria and knowledge, skills, and abilities in a specific specialty field. Advanced degree in a clinically relevant area, such as Masters in Nursing, Public Health, Counseling, Gerontology, exercise physiology, MEd, Pharm D, Masters in Pharmacy 2.