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| {{Short description|Professional organization for medical professionals}}
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| A '''medical college''' or '''medical association''' is a [[trade association]] that brings together [[medical practitioner|practitioner]]s of a particular geographical area (a country, region, province). In common-law countries, they are often grouped by [[medical specialties]] ([[cardiologists]], [[family doctor]]s, etc.).
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| Medical associations act as a safeguard of the fundamental values of the [[medical]] [[profession]]: the [[deontological ethics]] and code of [[ethics]]. In addition to providing exclusive representation in national and international medical practitioners, a medical college is responsible for management and protection of the medical profession. | |
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| In most countries, licensing is usually required. A professional or college official is a public corporation of an industry association composed of persons exercising liberal professions and calls are usually covered by the state. Associate members are known as [[colleges]].<ref>[http://www.medicosypacientes.com/colegios/2010/04/10_04_19_colegiacion La sociedad no puede recibir los mismos beneficios de la profesión médica sin los Colegios de Médicos. II Congreso de la Profesión Médica. Madrid, 16 y 17 de abril 2010.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714064947/http://www.medicosypacientes.com/colegios/2010/04/10_04_19_colegiacion |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| In ancient [[Rome]], the college was understood by the name of ''Colegium'' the company public law with legal personality, formed by a plurality of persons with the same trade. For its formation is needed at least three people, but to continue their activity sufficient one. It is believed that ''Opificum'' o ''Societate'' colleges, from which the current Official Colleges, were derived from the associations of commoners to achieve benefits similar to those enjoyed by the [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patrician]]s, needed a special authorization from the [[Emperor]] or the [[Senate]] to take legal personality. The government and the administration were chosen at a meeting of all participants. From [[Alexander Severus]], these associations are transformed to free compulsory, children should follow the profession of his father.
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| These first colleges were characterized by common purpose to prevail over private interests. In [[Europe]], and specifically in [[Spain]], colleges and professional associations have a long tradition through the centuries, interrupted only by the [[French Revolution]], which in its ideology advocating that there should be one between the [[citizen]] and the [[sovereign state]]. This suppression of the early nineteenth century was changing throughout the century, returning to the end of her rebirth.
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| Currently, a [[professional association]] is a public corporation of an industry association composed of persons exercising professions calls, and are usually covered by the state. Associate members are known as [[colleges]]. When dedication is directed to manual or craft activities used the traditional name of [[guild]].<ref>[http://www.medicosypacientes.com/files/prensa/adjuntos/Discurso.pdf Garrote Díaz JM. El médico ante la sociedad: la colegiación necesaria. Discurso de ingreso como académico correspondiente de la Real Academia de Medicina de Salamanca. 2010/12/14.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714065004/http://www.medicosypacientes.com/files/prensa/adjuntos/Discurso.pdf |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.aomrc.org.uk/pages/history.htm History of the Academy. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208074423/http://www.aomrc.org.uk/pages/history.htm |date=2007-12-08 }}</ref>
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| == See also ==
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| * [[List of medical organizations]]
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| * [[History of medicine]]
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| * [[Medical royal colleges]]
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| ==References==
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.aomrc.org.uk Academy of Medical Royal Colleges]
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| * [http://www.cgcom.es/ Organización Médica Colegial de España]
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| [[Category:Health care-related professional associations]]
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