Certification / Licensing
For doctors to specialize in certain fields, they have to go through certain training programs, then they should pass certain exams to become “qualified” for these specialties.
In recent years following a series of high profile cases around the world, where some doctors claiming to have specialization in certain fields were found to have faked their documents and caused significant harm to some patients and in order to protect patients from such scams and from substandard treatment by under-qualified doctors, different agencies have given patients the ability to verify whether the doctor they see is properly qualified.
What is “rheumatism”?
“Rheumatism” or “arthritis” are general terms that mean “joint’s disease”, so they mean any disease that affects the joints, however many people associate them with the “old age” rheumatism, which is called osteoarthritis or the “tear and wear” arthritis, and this form of rheumatism is widespread because it will basically affect everyone after certain age, usually starting around the age of forty but it is only a small portion of “rheumatism”.
