OBJECTIVES This study examined the risks and supports to competence discussed in the literature related to occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists and physicians, using epidemiology as a conceptual model. DESIGN Articles from a scoping literature review, published from 1975 to 2014 inclusive, were included if they were about a risk or support to the professional or clinical ...

The paper explores and compares digital competence (DigComp) framework, published by EU in 2013 and updated in 2016, with digital capabilities (DigCap) framework introduced within the UK higher and further education context in 2009 and updated in 2015. The similarities found between the updated versions are in the increased focus on data in the context of privacy and overall literacy, as well a...

In the field of IT, many competence frameworks exist. An important framework is the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF) that quite recently has been appointed as a standard by the European Committee for Standardization CEN. In this paper we define quality characteristics for competence frameworks and show how the e-CF has been mapped on descriptions of the IT domain. Our conclusion is that t...

Information provided by a source should be assessed by an intelligent agent on the basis of several criteria: most notably, its content and the trust one has in its source. In turn, the observed quality of information should feed back on the assessment of its source, and such feedback should intelligently distribute among different features of the source—e.g., competence and sincerity. We propo...

A theoretical framework is presented that distinguishes among three knowledge sources thot form the basis for generative performance. The three knowledge sources, termed conceptual, procedural, and utilizational competence, were implemented as o computational model that derives plans for counting procedures. In a previous analysis, Greeno, Riley, and Gelman (1984) developed a characterization o...

As knowledge becomes a crucial asset to organization’s survival, an efficient knowledge management policy should be set up and should result into an organizational memory. Similarly, an effective eLearning program must be implemented in the organization and exploit the organizational memory to manage competence evolution. In this paper, we propose a framework that integrates knowledge managemen...

Traditional concepts of managing product innovation are not suitable for innovation in complex product systems (CPSs). This paper argues that firms developing and integrating the components of CPSs need specific competence for managing such projects. A framework for evaluating a firm’s competence in CPS innovation is developed that covers managing the integration of internal and external key re...