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As we move into the year 2010 (by the way... Happy/Healthy/Prosperous new Year wishes to you all!!) I am struck by just how vigorous and alive the disciplines that make up clinical toxicology seem...for now. But I'm here to tell you it's not going to last and its actually looking pretty shaky; if you ask me. While trends in the past have basically allowed almost anyone to enter the world of clinical toxicology, "hang out a shingle" and call themselves a specialist in clinical toxicology, todays paradigm for clinical work requires a combination of formal training and formal certification by a publically recognized certifying body. And...as many of us are painfully aware, the public policy paradigm has now embraced a system of continuous and continuing RE-certification of competence. If we take a hard look at some of the subsets of clinical toxicology it looks like we may be falling behind the curve in some important ways.
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