The article presents a critical review of studies concerned with competencies and behavioral models managers in the context remote work digitalization business processes. process, being one leading trends labor market, has irreversibly changed organizations, environments processes by creating new challenges for leaders. More flexible organization structures are beginning actively used different...

BACKGROUND Despite its obvious need, a current, research-based list of informatics competencies for nurses is not available. OBJECTIVE To produce a research-based master list of informatics competencies for nurses and differentiate these competencies by level of nursing practice. METHODS After a comprehensive literature review and item consolidation, an expert panel defined initial competen...

In response to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Association of American Medical Colleges Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians (SFFP) report and a concern for better preparing undergraduates for future doctoral programs in the health professions, the deans of the College of Arts and Sciences and Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences of Sanford School of Medicine of the University of S...

One of the steps usually undertaken in partnerships formation is the assessment of organizations’ competencies. Typically considered competencies of a functional or technical nature, which provide specific outcomes can be considered as hard competencies. Yet, the very act of collaboration has its specific requirements, for which the involved organizations must be apt to exercise other type of c...

This work is concerned with a new approach to Organizational Competency Management. The goal is to develop a method that is practically feasible for organizational settings, is firmly based in psychological conceptions of human competence and performance in the workplace, and employs a degree of mathematical formalization that improves possibilities for establishing the validity of the implemen...

The American Association for Respiratory Care has established a task force to identify potential new roles and responsibilities of respiratory therapists (RTs) in 2015 and beyond. The first task force conference confirmed that the healthcare system in the United States is on the verge of dramatic change, driven by the need to decrease costs and improve quality. Use of evidence-based protocols t...

INTRODUCTION Many training programmes in postgraduate medical education (PGME) have introduced competency frameworks, but the effects of this change on preparedness for practice are unknown. Therefore, we explored how elements of competency-based programmes in PGME (educational innovations, attention to competencies and learning environment) were related to perceived preparedness for practice a...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The acquisition and improvement of surgical skills constitute a fundamental element in the training of any practitioner. At present, however, the assessment of these skills is a scarcely developed area of research. The aim of this study was to analyse the peculiarities of the various assessment systems and establish the minimum criteria that a skills and knowledge assessme...