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subspecialty
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subspecialty
[-spesh′əltē]
Etymology: L, sub + specialis, individual
(in nursing) a nurse's particular highly specific professional field of practice, such as dialysis, oncology, neurology, or newborn intensive care nursing. Compare specialty.
subspecialty,
n a limited portion of a narrowly defined professional discipline. E.g., surgery is a specialty of medicine and pediatric vascular surgery is a subspecialty.
subspecialty
Medtalk A field of health care expertise requiring 1–2 yrs of post-residency training or fellowship in a recognized program, which often has a closure examination. See Fellowship. Cf Specialty.
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Specialization in science and even in the humanities is something that's necessary, desirable and keeps going on, with subspecialization and sub-sub-subspecialization and so forth.
A place removed from 'the pressure of received ideas' by Siegfried, Tom / Science News
The subspecialization becoming prevalent in academic otolaryngology may ultimately alter resident training.
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It may increase the overall quality of interpretation by introducing a greater degree of peer review and by requiring additional training or subspecialization, although this has not yet been proven, and it may result in more effective utilization of imaging services and awareness of the expertise and experience of diagnostic radiologists.
Pay for performance by Siegel, Eliot / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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