RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Competence in prehospital care: evolving concepts
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 516
OP 519
DO 10.1136/emj.2005.026237
VO 22
IS 7
A1 R Clements
A1 R Mackenzie
YR 2005
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/7/516.abstract
AB Competence based training and assessment has become central to education and training for healthcare professionals. There continues to be uncertainty about the meaning of competence and how the principles underpinning competence based training and assessment can be applied to evolving subspecialty and multidisciplinary areas such as prehospital care. Considerable development work has been undertaken on a national level with the creation of a Competence Framework for Emergency Care. This article explores the concepts of competence, defines the terminology, and describes the role of a competence framework in education and training.