BACKGROUND Public health authorities have prioritized the identification of competencies, yet little empirical data exist to support decisions on competency selection among particular disciplines. We sought perspectives on important competencies among epidemiologists familiar with or practicing in public health settings (local to national). METHODS Using a sequential, qualitative-quantitative...

We frame these questions by considering the presence or absence of physical co-presence in learning environments. We find that there are advantages and limitations to each when it comes to promoting cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal competencies, which are each needed for deep learning. With physical co-presence, the promotion of these competencies depends on the teacher, curriculum d...

Clinical ethics committees (CECs) are increasing in number in the UK and have mostly developed in response to local interest, as opposed to being mandated as in the USA. However, there is no regulatory framework for UK CECs with no defined educational requirements or specification of core competencies for their members. The UK Clinical Ethics Network has consulted extensively with its members t...

95 " The Congress has found the following: (1) The Federal government, through its Medicare program, pays approximately $8 billion per year solely to train resident-physicians in the United States, and as a result, has an interest in assuring the safety of patients treated by resident-physicians and the safety of resident-physicians themselves. " 1 With this prologue to House bill HR 3236, lawm...

Edited by Thomas C. Todd and Cheryl L. Storm. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This resource succinctly describes and critiques the most common assessment instruments used in systemic supervision to evaluate supervisees’ competencies. The first section focuses on measures of individual counseling skills that have been used in creative ways to assess syste...

Development of effective learning environments in an efficient manner is the goal of instructional development. The process of instructional development in highly complex learning situations requires that instructional technologists be competent in three basic core knowledge areas. This article defines the competency requirements for instructional technologists. Competency in the areas of educa...

Assessing applicants' personal competencies in the admission process has proven difficult because there is not an agreed-on set of personal competencies for entering medical students. In addition, there are questions about the measurement properties and costs of currently available assessment tools. The Association of American Medical College's Innovation Lab Working Group (ILWG) and Admissions...

OBJECTIVE To develop core competencies for learning health system (LHS) researchers to guide the development of training programs. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Data were obtained from literature review, expert interviews, a modified Delphi process, and consensus development meetings. STUDY DESIGN The competencies were developed from August to December 2016 using qualitative methods. DATA CO...

BACKGROUND Leadership is widely regarded as central to effective health-care systems, and resources are increasingly devoted to the cultivation of strong health-care leadership. Nevertheless, the literature regarding leadership capacity building has been developed primarily in the context of high-income settings. Less research has been done on leadership in low-income settings, including sub-Sa...