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Do Professions Represent Competence for Entry-to-Practice in Similar Ways? An Exploration of Competence Frameworks through Document Analysis
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Rich, Jessica V. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Professional accrediting and regulating bodies are increasingly trying to delineate the knowledge and skills needed for entry-to-practice for quality assurance and international labor mobility. The purpose of this study was to compare how professions describe and represent competence. Current, publicly accessible Canadian entry-to-practice…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Comparative Analysis
Traffic Light Report Provides a New Technique for Assurance of Learning
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Nash, Rose; Stupans, Ieva; Chalmers, Leanne; Brown, Natalie – Journal of Learning Design, 2016
The Traffic Light Report (TLR) project is an educational intervention designed for pharmacy undergraduates. This paper reports on analysis of TLR data specifically focusing on its potential as an innovative tool which combines Miller's pyramid, technology and student voice to examine a curriculum for Assurance of Learning (AoL). In 2014, educators…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pharmaceutical Education, Pharmacy, Undergraduate Students
Effect of Using a Personal Development Plan on Learning and Development
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Beausaert, Simon; Segers, Mien; Fouarge, Didier; Gijselaers, Wim – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2013
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effects of using a personal development plan (PDP) on the undertaking of learning activities and the employee's job competencies. Design/methodology/approach: Data from Dutch pharmacy assistants was collected (n=2,271). Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) as well as regression analyses were conducted on this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmacy, Allied Health Personnel, Competence
Understanding vs. Competency: The Case of Accuracy Checking Dispensed Medicines in Pharmacy
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James, K. Lynette; Davies, J. Graham; Kinchin, Ian; Patel, Jignesh P.; Whittlesea, Cate – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2010
Ensuring the competence of healthcare professionals' is core to undergraduate and post-graduate education. Undergraduate pharmacy students and pre-registration graduates are required to demonstrate competence at dispensing and accuracy checking medicines. However, competence differs from understanding. This study determined the competence and…
Descriptors: Pharmaceutical Education, Undergraduate Students, Pharmacy, Health Personnel
From Classroom to Boardroom and Ward: Developing Generic Intercultural Skills in Diverse Disciplines
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Barker, Michelle C.; Mak, Anita S. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2013
A strategic approach to internationalize learning in higher education institutions is to use the curriculum and classroom cultural diversity to create opportunities to broaden students' intercultural perspectives, appreciate sociocultural variability in professional practice, and improve their intercultural interaction skills. There is no clear…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Consciousness Raising, Higher Education, Cultural Awareness
Assessment of Pharmacists' Perception of Patient Care Competence and Need for Training in Rural and Urban Areas in North Dakota
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Scott, David M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Context: Few studies have examined pharmacists' level of patient care competence and need for continuous professional development in rural areas. Purpose: To assess North Dakota pharmacists' practice setting, perceived level of patient care competencies, and the need for professional development in urban and rural areas. Methods: A survey was…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Professional Development, Rural Urban Differences