INTRODUCTION Rural radiographers require, over and above traditional radiographic expertise, additional competencies which to a certain degree are unique however not limited to rural practice. Previous studies, however, have focused more attention primarily on other rural health professionals such as doctors and nurses leaving a research need in this field. This article focuses on the additiona...

To determine knowledge and skills competencies in internal medicine for the undergraduate curriculum in Saudi Arabia, competencies were identified based on group work utilizing common textbooks. The Delphi Technique was used as a consensus method to determine and prioritize competencies in internal medicine. A group of 20 clinicians rated the identified competencies from 0-3 (0: no need to know...

BACKGROUND Various organizations and universities have developed competencies for health professionals and other emergency responders. Little effort has been devoted to the integration of these competencies across health specialties and professions. The American Medical Association Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response convened an expert working group (EWG) to review extan...

THEME DAY I Assessing Core Competencies in Clinical Communication Julie Schirmer, LCSW, Steven Barnett, MD, M. Kim Marvel, PhD, Deborah Seymour, PsyD, Larry Mauksch, MEd What are the best practices for assessing competency in medical communication? In July 2002, residency review committees will expect residency programs to document assessment efforts of general competencies as outlined by the A...

T Wo books currently oil the market. Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut* and Katharine Graham's A Personal HistoJ n offer much food for thought about leadership, as well as highlight the qualities M^\ frailties of successful leaders. The lives of Jack Welch and Katharine Graham reflect several of the core leadership competencies in the GHA Mission ("entered Leadership Model: personal integrity,...

This manuscript presents an initial description of doctoral level core competencies for health services research (HSR). The competencies were developed by a review of the literature, text analysis of institutional accreditation self-studies submitted to the Council on Education for Public Health, and a consensus conference of HSR educators from US educational institutions. The competencies are ...

Efforts to reduce the burden of injury and violence require a workforce that is knowledgeable and skilled in prevention. However, there has been no systematic process to ensure that professionals possess the necessary competencies. To address this deficiency, we developed a set of core competencies for public health practitioners in injury and violence prevention programs. The core competencies...

The technical structure of the Mexican science and technology literature was determined. A representative database of technical articles was extracted from the Science Citation Index for the year 2002, with each article Correspondence to: Ronald N. Kostoff, Office of Naval Research, 875 N. Randolph St, Arlington, VA 22217, USA. E-mail: [email protected] © 2007 Chartered Institute of Library ...

CONTEXT Nurses provide the bulk of primary care services in South Africa. Post-apartheid health legislation envisions the provision of comprehensive primary services at all public clinics, which implies the need for a cadre of primary care nurses able to render such services. OBJECTIVES To identify core competencies of clinic nurses and develop an evaluation tool for primary care nursing in S...