The need and demand for population-level disease prevention has increased, especially with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a worldwide increase in obesity and chronic disease, and a global emphasis on preventative health care that includes behavioral, environmental, and policy interventions. In response to these evolving needs, the Public Health and Community Nutrition Dietetic Practice...

Professional standards of laboratory practice are partially derived from regulatory and accreditation standards of the federal government as well as those of non-government organizations and professional societies. These standards are monitored by on-site inspection and encompass personnel standards, patient test management requirements, quality control and assurance standards and proficiency t...

BACKGROUND The rapid growth in the use of mobile technology in Australia has outpaced its governance, especially in healthcare settings. Whilst some Australian professional bodies and organisations have developed standards and guidelines to direct appropriate use of social media and mobile technology, clear governance arrangements regarding when, where and how to use mobile technology at point ...

In developing European standards for the psychological profession, two main approaches to the definition of professional competence have been proposed. One focuses on the roles and functions psychologists should be able to perform (output model), the other on the educational curricula that should be followed in order to become a psychologist (input model). This article starts with a discussion ...

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines professionalism as “the conduct, aims and qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” Within the context of the physician professional, there is a serious but largely unwritten understanding, both within the profession and among the public at large, that physicians must hold themselves up to high ethical and clinica...

In the past decade, Canadian pharmacy education and training programs have adopted competency-based frameworks for practice and education. However, there remains a lack of standardization and harmony across the multiple sets of standards that guide pharmacy practice and education. In addition to various provincial standards, there are currently 3 national standards of practice governing the dev...

Today’s UK IT profession needs to gear up for the globalization of the IT services industry. The global economy opens up opportunities for IT professionals, not only to pursue successful careers in the UK but also to provide services from the UK to global markets and work overseas. But to nurture the development of a thriving UK IT workforce we need to focus on raising our professional standard...