"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2008 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2011 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2012 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 2013 | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| 2014 | 19 | 25 | 44 |
| 2015 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| 2016 | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| 2017 | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | 52 |
| 2019 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 2020 | 12 | 39 | 51 |
| 2021 | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| 2022 | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 2023 | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| 2024 | 13 | 22 | 35 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in Profiles.
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Navigating Metacognitive Disorientation: Medical Students' Experiences of Complex Tasks. Clin Teach. 2026 Apr; 23(2):e70339.
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Implementing the Minnesota Conference Guidelines in doctoral, internship, fellowship, and continuing education programs. Clin Neuropsychol. 2026 Feb; 40(2):453-497.
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Proposing Entrustable Professional Activities for Pediatric Critical Care Ultrasound: A Modified Delphi Consensus Approach. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Feb 01; 27(2):235-243.
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Use of entrustable professional activities for reliable overall entrustment decisions. Acad Med. 2026 Jan 01; 101(1):79-85.
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A systematic review of comprehensive Robotic-assisted surgical (RAS) curricula. J Robot Surg. 2025 Dec 29; 20(1):130.
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BCM-MD Anderson onco-medicine track: a novel internal medicine residency pathway to strengthen the supportive cancer care workforce. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Dec 18; 34(1):41.
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Is quantity quality? The impact of surgeon volume on outcomes in inguinal hernia repair: a quantitative systematic review. Hernia. 2025 Dec 12; 30(1):28.
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Advanced intrapartum midwifery practice: a scoping review. Midwifery. 2026 Feb; 153:104687.
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Defining the Surgical Oncology Experience during General Surgery Residency: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar; 33(3):2346-2355.
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Comparative analysis of human-generated versus Artificial Intelligence-drafted summary paragraphs for medical student performance evaluations. Med Teach. 2026 Apr; 48(4):606-614.