Electronic clinical tracking systems are used in many educational institutions of higher learning to document advanced practice registered nursing students' clinical experiences. Students' clinical experiences are constructed according to the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties core competencies. These competencies form a basis for evaluation of advanced practice registered nu...

The objective of this study was to construct a profile of managerial competencies, based on the consensus of nurse coordinators in the field. This study was developed in a philanthropic hospital in São Paulo, following the research-action model, and included 13 nurse coordinators as participants. The data collection was performed using the focal group technique. Data analysis was performed usin...

There has been a growing emphasis on the use of core competencies to design and inform curricula. Based on our Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience workshop at Pomona we developed a set of neuroscience core competencies. Following the workshop, faculty members were asked to complete an online survey to determine which core competencies are considered most essential and the results are present...

The unprecedented rate of growth of digital information requires professionals with digital curation skills and knowledge. However, education and training programs are inadequate to meet the demand. An infusion of digital curation competencies into the Library and Information Science curriculum is required to ensure that today’s digital assets are available today and tomorrow. The purpose of th...

Marketing decision-making in SMEs tends to be simplistic, haphazard, unstructured, intuitive, unplanned, and with a short-tem1 focus. Moreover, decision-making in the small fiffi1 is strongly influenced and characterised by the inherent competencies of the ownermanager. Thus, an identification of these competencies are crucial in any study of SME marketing decision making, given the dominant ro...

BACKGROUND A re-assessment of competencies and therefore learning outcomes for higher specialist training in occupational medicine (OM) is being undertaken. Although peer-reviewed literature on the subject exists, it is limited and needs appraisal. AIMS To search, and critically appraise the peer-reviewed literature on specialist competencies in OM. METHODS Systematic search of a range of d...

Successful teamwork is being recognized as a necessity for many aspects of effective healthcare and team training has proved effective in improving teamwork in healthcare. Therefore it is important to recognize the competencies of teamwork relevant to undergraduate medical education. This review of the literature draws on the teamwork competencies as discussed through diverse contexts of health...

Debates over models of professional training have occurred in several health disciplines, including psychology. Currently, clinical competencies form the backbone of training in clinical psychology and in standards for the accreditation of such training programs, with sample domains including ethical and legal issues, assessment, intervention, and experience with a diversity of clients across c...

Nowadays, one of the most important economic and social phenomena is population ageing. Due to the low activity rate of older people, one of the most important challenges is to take various actions involving active ageing, which is supposed to extending working life, and along with it-improve the competencies of older people. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relevance of different compe...