Types of Professional Organizations

• What are the types of professional organizations?

  1. Accrediting Organizations
  2. Credential/Certifying Organizations
  3. Professional Societies
• Type of professional organizations that accredit curricular programs in educational institutions. Membership are usually limited and is institutional

  Accrediting Organizations
• These organizations provide certification examinations for professionals. These are not common in the Philippines due to the presence of PRC.

  Credentialing/Certifying Organizations
• These are organizations that contribute to the continued development of a specific group of professionals. Membership usually follows a membership in its local affiliate/chapter

  Professional Societies
• PAASCU and PACUCOA belong to?

  accrediting organizations
• PAASCU

  Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities
• PACUCOA

  Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation
• AMT, ASCP, ISCLT, NCA belong to?

  Credentialing/Certifying Organizations
• AMT

  American Medical Technologists
• ASCP

  American Society of Clinical Pathology
• ISCLT

  International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology
• NCA

  National Certifying Agency for Medical Laboratory Personnel
• What international organizations are on both on professional societies and credentialing/certifying professional organizations?

  AMT, ASCP, ISCLT
• BRAP

  BioRisk Association of the Philippines
• PBCC

  Philippine Blood Coordinating Council
• PCQACL

  Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratories
• PSM

  Philippine Society of Microbiologist
• PhBBA

  Philippine Biosafety and Biosecurity Association
• It is a publications containing scholarly studies on a specific professional fields


  Professional Journals