The dissemination and uptake of competency frameworks

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-700

  Hendry, Charles ^a   Lauder, William ^a   Roxburgh, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competencies; Competency; Competency frameworks; Stakeholder evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249133083     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987107079652     Document Type: Article

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