TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/education/standards
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Competency-Based Education
KW - Employee Performance Appraisal
KW - Family Therapy/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Disorders/rehabilitation/therapy
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower/standards
KW - Patient Care Team/standards
KW - Psychiatric Nursing/education/standards
KW - Psychiatry/education/standards
KW - Psychology, Clinical/education/standards
KW - Social Work, Psychiatric/education/standards
KW - Staff Development/methods
KW - Substance-Related Disorders/rehabilitation/therapy
KW - United States
AU - M. A. Hoge
AU - M. Paris
AU - H. Adger
AU - F. L. Collins
AU - C. V. Finn
AU - L. Fricks
AU - K. J. Gill
AU - J. Haber
AU - M. Hansen
AU - D. J. Ida
AU - L. Kaplan
AU - W. F. Northey
AU - M. J. O'Connell
AU - A. L. Rosen
AU - Z. Taintor
AU - J. Tondora
AU - A. S. Young
A1 - 
AB - Competency-based training approaches are being used more in healthcare to guide curriculum content and ensure accountability and outcomes in the educational process. This article provides an overview of the state of competency development in the field of behavioral health. Specifically, it identifies the groups and organizations that have conducted and supported this work, summarizes their progress in defining and assessing competencies, and discusses both the obstacles and future directions for such initiatives. A major purpose of this article is to provide a compendium of current competency efforts so that these might inform and enhance ongoing competency development in the varied behavioral health disciplines and specialties. These varied resources may also be useful in identifying the core competencies that are common to the multiple disciplines and specialties.
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 - Competency-based training approaches are being used more in healthcare to guide curriculum content and ensure accountability and outcomes in the educational process. This article provides an overview of the state of competency development in the field of behavioral health. Specifically, it identifies the groups and organizations that have conducted and supported this work, summarizes their progress in defining and assessing competencies, and discusses both the obstacles and future directions for such initiatives. A major purpose of this article is to provide a compendium of current competency efforts so that these might inform and enhance ongoing competency development in the varied behavioral health disciplines and specialties. These varied resources may also be useful in identifying the core competencies that are common to the multiple disciplines and specialties.
PP - United States
PY - 2005
SN - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
SP - 593
EP - 631
EP - 
T1 - Workforce competencies in behavioral health: An overview
T2 - Administration and Policy in Mental Health
TI - Workforce competencies in behavioral health: An overview
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16082798
VL - 32
VO - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
Y1 - 2005
ER -