Competency frameworks serve various roles including outlining characteristics of a
competent workforce, facilitating mobility, and analysing or assessing expertise. Given these …

Background Competency frameworks are being taken up by a growing number of sectors
and for a broad range of applications. However, the topic of competency frameworks is …

Efforts to define professional competence are growing among the health professions.
Increasing numbers of professional groups, regulatory bodies and government agencies are …

Competency frameworks provide a link between professional practice, education, training,
and assessment. They support and inform downstream processes such as curriculum …

Despite the existence of a large variety of competency frameworks for medical graduates,
there is no agreement on a single set of outcomes. Different countries have attempted to …

Given the revolutionary changes occurring in the health care industry, there is increasing
agreement that academicians and practitioners must collaborate to identify and prioritize …

Although health professions worldwide are shifting to competency-based education, no
common taxonomy for domains of competence and specific competencies currently exists. In …

Medical Education 2012: 46: 49–57 Context In response to historical trends in expectations
of doctors, the goals of medical education are increasingly framed in terms of global …

AIMS: To investigate trends in the evaluation of clinical competence in nursing students and
newly qualified nurses over the last 10years. DESIGN: A literature review following PRISMA …

While technical and profession‐specific competencies are paramount in the delivery of
healthcare services, the cross‐cutting core competencies of healthcare professionals play …