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Descriptor English: Professional Competence
Descriptor Spanish: Competencia Profesional
Descriptor competencia profesional
Entry term(s) unidad de competencia
unidades de competencia
Scope note: Capacidad para desarrollar los deberes profesionales de modo general, o para desarrollar una tarea profesional particular, con la habilidad de una calidad aceptable.
Descriptor Portuguese: Competência Profissional
Descriptor French: Compétence professionnelle
Entry term(s): Competence, Professional
Expertise Generalization
Expertise, Technical
Generalization of Expertise
Technical Expertise
Tree number(s): I02.399.630
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011361
Scope note: The capability to perform the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.
Annotation: competence in any profession or discipline: differentiate from CLINICAL COMPETENCE which is restricted to competence in professional activities directly related to patient care
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
DeCS ID: 11795
Unique ID: D011361
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Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/09
Revision Date: 1992/12/18
Professional Competence - Preferred
Concept UI M0017649
Scope note The capability to perform the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.
Preferred term Professional Competence
Entry term(s) Competence, Professional
Generalization of Expertise - Narrower
Concept UI M0017650
Preferred term Generalization of Expertise
Entry term(s) Expertise Generalization
Technical Expertise - Narrower
Concept UI M0017651
Preferred term Technical Expertise
Entry term(s) Expertise, Technical



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