"Clinical Competence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
| Descriptor ID |
D002983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.399.630.210 N04.761.210 N05.715.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Clinical Competence- Clinical Competence
- Competency, Clinical
- Competence, Clinical
- Clinical Competency
- Clinical Competencies
- Competencies, Clinical
Clinical Skill- Clinical Skill
- Skill, Clinical
- Skills, Clinical
- Clinical Skills
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Clinical Competence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2004 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2006 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 2007 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2008 | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 2009 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| 2010 | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| 2011 | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 2012 | 22 | 12 | 34 |
| 2013 | 33 | 21 | 54 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 2015 | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| 2016 | 31 | 22 | 53 |
| 2017 | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| 2018 | 33 | 27 | 60 |
| 2019 | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| 2020 | 16 | 43 | 59 |
| 2021 | 10 | 29 | 39 |
| 2022 | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 2023 | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in Profiles.
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Setting the Standard for the Future of Cancer Surgery: Utilizing the Operative Standards for Trainees. J Surg Educ. 2025 Jan; 82(1):103345.
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Obstetric Life Support Education for Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2445295.
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The impact of single-port robotic surgery: a survey among urology residents and fellows in the United States. J Robot Surg. 2024 Oct 14; 18(1):369.
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Evaluating Performance of ChatGPT on MKSAP Cardiology Board Review Questions. Int J Cardiol. 2024 Dec 15; 417:132576.
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Identifying Levels of Competency in Aesthetic Medicine: A Questionnaire-based Study. Aesthet Surg J. 2024 Sep 16; 44(10):1105-1117.
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Starting with the end in mind: Transformative curriculum development in Competency-based medical education (CBME). Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2024 Oct; 54(10):101678.
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Assessing Surgeon Familiarity with the Commission on Cancer Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(10):6378-6386.
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Renewing the Teaching of Clinical Reasoning in Psychiatry: An Opportunity for Advancing Mental Health Training and Care. Acad Psychiatry. 2024 Aug; 48(4):307-309.
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Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 239(2):187-189.
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Stress and value: the student perspective on utilizing real vs. actor patients in objective structured clinical examinations. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jul 15; 24(1):760.