Background. The assessment of clinical competence has returned to centre stage of nurse
education. However, there is little evidence to support the use of clinical competence and a …

The competency-based approach to education, training and assessment has surfaced as a
key policy in industrialised nations. Following the transition of nurse preparation to the …

Background. The literature review presented here was conducted as part of an English
National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting funded project to evaluate the use …

This title was first published in 2000: Empathy is known to be crucial to helping relationships,
but professional helpers, including nurses, do not normally display much empathy as it has …

Introduction The aim of undergraduate dental education is to provide competent dentists to
serve societal needs and improve population oral healthcare. Competency‐based …

In 1997, a revised system was introduced at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, to assess
student nurse clinical competency. This was firstly as a result of concerns that the previous …

Recent reforms of nursing education have led to calls for assessment of clinical performance
to contribute to academic qualifications that incorporate professional awards. Questions then …

This exploratory study investigated nurses' self-assessment of their own nursing
competencies, job demands and job performance in Taiwan. Nurses' self-evaluation on their …

This paper focuses on some issues in the assessment of clinical practice of particular
interest to the author. The assessment of students of nursing in clinical practice is …

The concept of competence is in common usage in various areas of education and training
at present, and it is evident from these different usages that it has a variety of meanings …