"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Professional Competence" by people in Profiles.
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Longitudinal Assessment of Personal and Professional Development Competencies in Medical Students. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 08; 36(8):2506-2508.
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Perspectives on Precision Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities and the Physicians That Serve Them. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(Suppl 1):137-148.
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Teaching Health Advocacy: A Systematic Review of Educational Interventions for Postgraduate Medical Trainees. Acad Med. 2020 04; 95(4):644-656.
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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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The AAMC Standardized Video Interview: Reactions and Use by Residency Programs During the 2018 Application Cycle. Acad Med. 2019 10; 94(10):1506-1512.
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Accounting for complexity in medical education: a model of adaptive behaviour in medicine. Med Educ. 2019 09; 53(9):861-873.
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Avoiding Pitfalls While Implementing New Guidelines on Student Documentation. Ann Intern Med. 2019 02 05; 170(3):193-194.
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Provision of Parent Feedback via the Communication Assessment Tool: Does It Improve Resident Communication Skills? Acad Pediatr. 2019 03; 19(2):152-156.
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An Online Survey of Hypothyroid Patients Demonstrates Prominent Dissatisfaction. Thyroid. 2018 06; 28(6):707-721.
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Global Challenges for Cancer Imaging. J Glob Oncol. 2018 09; 4:1-10.