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Descriptor English: Clinical Competence
Descriptor Spanish: Competencia Clínica
Descriptor competencia clínica
Entry term(s) capacidad clínica
Scope note: Capacidad para llevar a cabo aceptablemente los deberes relacionados directamente con la atención al paciente.
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 MeSH
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
Clinical Competence - Preferred
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
Clinical Skill - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004567
Preferred term Clinical Skill
Entry term(s) Clinical Skills
Skill, Clinical
Skills, Clinical



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