Competencies Through the Eyes of Psychologists: A closer look at assessing competencies

A closer look at the turtle's eyes.

T here are works in science that become important not only for the relevance of the empirical and theoretical findings they originally provide but also because they come at a special moment and help the scientific community to disentangle the debate when things start to get involuted and research paths tend to go in circles. The work presented by Pallier et al. in PNAS (1) certainly meets this ...

Assessing EI Competencies 1 Assessing Emotional Intelligence Competencies

Assessing competencies in rheumatology.

Assessment of competencies in rheumatology is difficult, but possible, and is an important part of the evaluation of practising clinicians, helping to prevent poor performance. Competencies are currently assessed by the Royal College of Physicians, the General Medical Council, and the National Clinical Assessment Authority.

Assessing staff's on-going competencies.

Assessing Core Competencies in Clinical Communication

THEME DAY I Assessing Core Competencies in Clinical Communication Julie Schirmer, LCSW, Steven Barnett, MD, M. Kim Marvel, PhD, Deborah Seymour, PsyD, Larry Mauksch, MEd What are the best practices for assessing competency in medical communication? In July 2002, residency review committees will expect residency programs to document assessment efforts of general competencies as outlined by the A...