"Professional 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 the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.
| Descriptor ID |
D011361
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.399.630
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Professional Competence".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Professional Competence".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Professional Competence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Professional Competence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Professional Competence" by people in Profiles.
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Leadership & professional development: Cultivating a path for hospitalist educators to achieve scholarly success. J Hosp Med. 2024 02; 19(2):126-127.
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Battle for the Faculty's Soul. Acad Med. 2022 08 01; 97(8):1183.
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Complement CVs with curated portfolios. Nature. 2022 06; 606(7913):250.
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Leadership & Professional Development: Everyone Resists Change. J Hosp Med. 2021 11; 16(11):671.
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What the HEC-C? An Analysis of the Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified Program: One Year in. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Mar; 20(3):9-18.
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Preserving an Academic Mission in the Face of Clinical Productivity Targets: Where Is the Academic Surgeon's Carrot? Ann Surg. 2020 02; 271(2):223-224.
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Assessing Executive Nurse Leaders' Financial Literacy Level: A Mixed-Methods Study. J Nurs Adm. 2019 Dec; 49(12):596-603.
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An Exploration of Myths, Barriers, and Strategies for Improving Diversity Among STS Members. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 12; 108(6):1617-1624.
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Mobile Health, Smartphone/Device, and Apps for Psychiatry and Medicine: Competencies, Training, and Faculty Development Issues. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2019 09; 42(3):513-534.
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Teaching NICU Fellows How to Relay Difficult News Using a Simulation-Based Curriculum: Does Comfort Lead to Competence? Teach Learn Med. 2019 Apr-May; 31(2):207-221.