| Before going into the main area of discussion, we | | | | education, employment experience or a license to |
| first need to understand what primary source | | | | practice as a medical professional. |
| verification is? Primary source verification or PSV | | | | Moreover, medical screening of a health |
| is an act of obtaining the applicants credentials | | | | professional is also a compulsory requirement |
| from the original source. Means that education, | | | | from many regulators, but due to difficulties in |
| experience, license etcetera of a job applicant | | | | background checks internationally, PSV of a |
| should be verified from the source of origin. And | | | | medical staff often been implemented poorly or |
| when we talk about primary source verification | | | | omitted from the case. This negligence during |
| for medical screening, before hiring the medical | | | | background screening may leads to medical |
| staff, it is highly important for the employer to | | | | malpractice done by fake medical person. |
| verify the credentials of the applicant as the field | | | | Professional background screening companies can |
| of medical is very sensitive and related to the life | | | | help a lot in this regard. Writing a letter or email to |
| of human being. | | | | primary source and hope for the response may |
| Now let's discuss why the primary source | | | | not be a useful tool anymore. Background |
| verification of a medical staff has high importance | | | | screening companies have experience to do the |
| while medical screening. In the global scenario, | | | | screening successfully and provide the accurate |
| shortage of qualified health professionals has | | | | results. They have standard procedures to |
| made employers in many countries to look for | | | | execute the process of screening from start to |
| the qualified foreign professionals to fill the | | | | end efficiently. Therefore, hiring services of |
| unoccupied opportunities. And when these qualified | | | | background check companies for medical |
| professionals leave their home country, large | | | | screening would be a definite advantage. |
| number of unqualified locals starts to fill the | | | | Remember! |
| positions left vacant by those. Many of them may | | | | Neglecting the primary source verification during |
| have certificates and degrees earned from | | | | the medical screening of a medical professional |
| unaccredited or bogus institutes. | | | | may lead to a life and death of a human. |
| As the field of medical is highly sensitive, | | | | Therefore it is a social responsibility of employers |
| therefore primary source verification has | | | | to perform the background check dutifully and |
| emerged as the highly important task for | | | | regulators to keep a strict check on medical |
| employers. A well designed and implemented PSV | | | | background screening of all the medical staff hired |
| programme gives maximum security to the | | | | locally or from foreign countries. |
| employer and prevents medical staff having false | | | | |