The University of Newcastle, in 2001, surveyed 600 employers of recent graduates of the University to identify those qualities desirable in graduates. From the survey ten competencies, which employers regarded highly, could be clearly identified. These ten competencies aligned closely with, and thus reinforced, thirteen Core Skills developed by the university for implementation throughout the i...

The article provides an outline of clinical competencies recommended for personnel providing comprehensive services in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), complementing the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. Individuals wishing to provide PR services should possess a common core of professional and clinical competenci...

*Correspondence: Honorio Silva, Inter American Foundation for Clinical Research, 780 Third Avenue 6 F, New York, NY 10017, USA e-mail: [email protected] †IFAPP (International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians), IFAPP Secretariat, Special Secretary Service, Kuipersweg 2T, 3449 JA, Woerden, Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] Professional groups, such as IFAPP...

In response to public pressure for greater accountability from the medical profession, a transformation is occurring in the approach to medical education and assessment of physician competency. Over the past 5 years, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has implemented the Outcomes and General Competencies projects to better ensure that physicians are appropriately t...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To assess end-of-life (EOL) care core competencies deemed most important with corresponding educational needs from oncology nurses and to describe the characteristics of the respondents that are associated with selection of the top-ranked core competencies. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional study. SETTING Mailed and online surveys. SAMPLE 714 members of the Oncology N...

INTRODUCTION The health systems in developing countries face challenges because of deficient monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity with respect to their knowledge, skills, and practices. Strengthening M&E training in public health education can help overcome the gaps in M&E capacity. There is a need to advance the teaching of M&E as a core element of public health education. OBJECTIVES To ...

Physician competence is a universal concern, one that Canada and the US have addressed in differing, but also in similar, ways. Focusing on the roles physicians play, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) has implemented a uniform procedure for developing and assessing competencies. The US does not have a parallel body but has instead different organizations responsible...

The value of information technology (IT) in today’s organizations is constantly debated. Researchers and practitioners have examined organizations to try to discover causal links between competitive advantage and IT. This paper presents and details a model that depicts a possible connection between competitive advantage and IT. Furthermore, this paper attempts to show how one major component of...