Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Publication Title
Journal of Allied Health
Volume
31
Issue
4
Pages
232-240
Abstract
Health services professionals are confronting the challenge of maintaining and improving competence over the course of lengthy careers in diverse practice specialties. This article reviews the efforts of a selection of health care professions to ensure lifetime competence and reviews some of the challenges encountered in these efforts. Although each profession has its own issues, significant generic questions are common to all.
Original Publication Citation
Lundgren, B.S., & Houseman, C.A. (2002). Continuing competence in selected health care professions. Journal of Allied Health, 31(4), 232-240.
Repository Citation
Lundgren, Burden S. and Houseman, Clare A., "Continuing Competence in Selected Health Care Professions" (2002). Nursing Faculty Publications. 5.
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