Developing clinical competencies to assess learning needs and outcomes: The experience of the CS2day initiative

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Mckeithen, Tom ^a   Robertson, Sheila ^b   Speight, Mike ^c  

^a Healthcare Performance Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b CME Enterprise ^*  (United States)

^c Iowa Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency; Interview; Needs assessment; Qualitative; Quantitative; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84155192484     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20145     Document Type: Article

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