"Professional Competence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The capability to perform the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D011361
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.399.630
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Professional Competence" by people in Profiles.
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Bridging worldviews: Toward a common model of leadership across the health professions. Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 Oct/Dec; 45(4):E45-E55.
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Management and leadership competencies among spiritual care managers. J Health Care Chaplain. 2022 Jan-Mar; 28(1):128-137.
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Training Healthcare Chaplains: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2019 Dec; 73(4):211-221.
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An Online Survey of Hypothyroid Patients Demonstrates Prominent Dissatisfaction. Thyroid. 2018 06; 28(6):707-721.
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Evaluating a train-the-trainer approach for improving capacity for evidence-based decision making in public health. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Dec 12; 15:547.
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Education for Professional Chaplains: Should Certification Competencies Shape Curriculum? J Health Care Chaplain. 2015; 21(4):151-64.
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Critically Engaging "Mutually Engaged Supervisory Processes": A Proposed Theory for CPE Supervisory Education. J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2014 Dec; 68(4):1-11.
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Fostering and assessing professionalism and communication skills in neurosurgical education. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec; 71(6):e83-9.
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Perceived benefits and challenges of coordinated approaches to chronic disease prevention in state health departments. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 May 08; 11:E76.
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The Quad Council practice competencies for public health nursing. Public Health Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec; 30(6):519-36.