Varying conceptions of competence: An analysis of how health sciences educators define competence

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-365

  Fernandez, Nicolas ^a   Dory, Valerie ^b,c   Ste Marie, Louis Georges ^a   Chaput, Monique ^a   Charlin, Bernard ^a   Boucher, Andree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS;

EID: 84858597378     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04183.x     Document Type: Review

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