Competency-Based Education
"Competency-Based Education" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Educational programs designed to ensure that students attain prespecified levels of competence in a given field or training activity. Emphasis is on achievement or specified objectives.
| Descriptor ID |
D003162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.158.210
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| Concept/Terms |
Competency-Based Education- Competency-Based Education
- Competency Based Education
- Education, Competency-Based
- Competency-Based Educations
- Education, Competency Based
- Educations, Competency-Based
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Competency-Based Education" by people in Profiles.
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Using focus groups of older African Americans and Latinos with diabetes to modify a self-care empowerment intervention. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(2):283-91.