| Descriptor English: | Clinical Competence | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Competencia Clínica 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Competência Clínica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Compétence clinique | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Clinical Competencies Clinical Competency Clinical Skill Clinical Skills Competence, Clinical Competencies, Clinical Competency, Clinical Skill, Clinical Skills, Clinical | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | I02.399.630.210 N04.761.210 N05.715.175 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002983 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. | ||||||
| Annotation: | competence in professional activities directly related to patient care: differentiate from PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE which refers to competence not necessarily related to patient care | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | EC                                                            economics LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data ST standards | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | Educational Measurement (1966-1974) | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 75 | ||||||
| History Note: | 75 | ||||||
| Entry Version: | CLIN COMPETENCE | ||||||
| Related: | Culturally Competent Care
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| DeCS ID: | 3009 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D002983 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1975/09/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1974/11/11 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/01/09 | 
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                                        ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
 
 Education [I02]Education
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                        Clinical Competence                                            
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                        Clinical Skill                                            
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                | Concept UI | M0004566 | 
| Scope note | The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. | 
| Preferred term | Clinical Competence | 
| Entry term(s) | Clinical Competencies Clinical Competency Competence, Clinical Competencies, Clinical Competency, Clinical | 
| Concept UI | M0004567 | 
| Preferred term | Clinical Skill | 
| Entry term(s) | Clinical Skills Skill, Clinical Skills, Clinical | 
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