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Apr 19, 2018 · competence. n. the ability to exert control over one’s life, to cope with specific problems effectively, and to make changes to one’s behavior and one’s environment, as opposed to the mere ability to adjust or adapt to circumstances as they are.
Sep 17, 2021 · Competence means that you have the ability to do something well. You are capable of performing a task or job effectively. Competence can include the knowledge and skills needed to solve a quadratic equation. Or, it can comprise the much larger and more diverse clusters of skills, or competencies, needed to lead a multinational corporation.
Mar 10, 2011 · Recommendations regarding the assessment of therapist competence. As defined above, therapist competence refers to the “the extent to which a therapist has the knowledge and skill required to deliver a treatment to the standard needed for it to achieve its expected effects.”
- Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper
- 2011
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Ethics Statement
- Author Contributions
- Conflict of Interest Statement
Standards of competency represent the foundation for the credibility of any profession. However, despite the central importance of competencies, the discipline of psychology has struggled to identify, define, and operationalize the competencies required by registered psychologists (Nash and Larkin, 2012). To be able to do so would be valuable in ed...
Participants
There were two groups of participants. The first group comprised eight participants; two had previous expertise of over 20 years each, in establishing competency models and six were senior psychology academics (from three different universities). Five of the six academics were also registered psychologists. One of the academics was a placement supervisor. This group participated in the modified Delphi process. The second group of participants attended subsequent focus groups (i.e., four works...
Planned Analysis
The analyses were qualitative, and planned a priori. For part 1 of the first stage of the procedure, materials were collected, collated, and the data gleaned were inspected and categorized into themes (Braun and Clarke, 2006; Charmaz, 2009). The focus of this first part of the analysis was on course content, key features of competency models and gaps in the extant literature. The second part of stage 1 utilized a Delphi technique wherein opinions of a group of SMEs were sought about the verac...
Following a review of the pre-existing information in Stage 1, Part 1, three main factors were identified. First, the inclusion of an explicit scientist–practitioner process was found to be imperative to include in the model and was generally lacking in other competency lists/models. Second, the need for the competencies to accurately reflect pract...
An inadequate competency model of the practice of psychology may lead to inadequate measurement methods for competency assessments (Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia et al., 2016). There have been national and international calls for a competency model that reflects the diverse and complex nature of the practice of psychology. Competency models represent imp...
This model proposed a new way of conceptualizing psychology practice. The identification of competencies (ideally derived viathe adoption of a multi-method approach) and the way in which they fit together (under the competency model) provides an empirical foundation for the use of competencies in the education, regulation, and qualification or cred...
This low risk, human research ethics application and protocols were approved by the ethics committee from the Faculty of Health, Deakin University, HEAG-H. All subjects gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
KT initiated and led the research team. She has written all sections of the paper except for part of the introduction. NR conducted the analysis and developed the first version of the competency model, and wrote part of the introduction.
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
- Kathryn Maree von Treuer, Nick Reynolds
- 2017
Competence has been defined as the knowledge and skills, and attitudes, values, and judgment needed to perform the work of a psychologist (Barnett, Doll, Younggren, & Rubin, 2007; Rodolfa et al., 2005).
Jan 7, 2005 · skill sets that define and underlie the competent practice of professional psychology. Thus, we focus on the assessment of competencies as a vehicle for bridging what differences may exist within our profession.
Jan 1, 2020 · Competence is the psychological need to exert a meaningful effect on one’s environment. It refers to the innate propensity to develop skill and ability, and to experience effectance in action. Competence promotes the pursuit of challenging and deeply satisfying experiences and is a criterion for psychological growth and well-being.
