Purpose and Overview

Many of us lack of awareness of how medical licensure functions, taking it for granted and assuming it has always been with us;  it has not.  Understanding the historical  of how, when and why society thought licensure was a good or bad idea, as well as how the profession has organized itself in response, can expand individual's capacity to respond to many of the contemporary challenges we face with medical misinformation and doubts among our patients about the legitimacy of medical expertise.  Thinking about how we build -and lose- trust as institutions and as individuals will make us more effective clinicians.