TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/education/standards
KW - Benchmarking
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Decision Making, Organizational
KW - Educational Measurement
KW - Employee Performance Appraisal/methods
KW - Guidelines as Topic
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower/standards
KW - Models, Organizational
KW - Total Quality Management/methods
KW - United States
AU - P. G. Bashook
A1 - 
AB - The need for mechanisms to assess the competence and performance of the behavioral health workforce has received increasing attention. This article reviews strategies used in general medicine and other disciplines for assessing trainees and practitioners. The possibilities and limitations of various approaches are reviewed, and the implications for behavioral health are addressed. A conceptual model of competence is presented, and practical applications of this model are reviewed. Finally, guidelines are proposed for building competency assessment protocols for behavioral health.
BT - Administration and Policy in Mental Health
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5-6
CY - United States
IS - 5-6
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health
N2 - The need for mechanisms to assess the competence and performance of the behavioral health workforce has received increasing attention. This article reviews strategies used in general medicine and other disciplines for assessing trainees and practitioners. The possibilities and limitations of various approaches are reviewed, and the implications for behavioral health are addressed. A conceptual model of competence is presented, and practical applications of this model are reviewed. Finally, guidelines are proposed for building competency assessment protocols for behavioral health.
PP - United States
PY - 2005
SN - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
SP - 563
EP - 592
EP - 
T1 - Best practices for assessing competence and performance of the behavioral health workforce
T2 - Administration and Policy in Mental Health
TI - Best practices for assessing competence and performance of the behavioral health workforce
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16082797
VL - 32
VO - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
Y1 - 2005
ER -