TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/education/standards
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower/standards
KW - Models, Educational
KW - Organizational Innovation
KW - Patient Participation
KW - Physician-Patient Relations
KW - Staff Development
KW - United States
AU - M. A. Hoge
AU - J. Tondora
AU - A. F. Marrelli
A1 - 
AB - Increasing attention is being directed to the competency of those who deliver healthcare in the United States. In behavioral health, there is growing recognition of the need to define, teach, and assess essential competencies. Since attention to this issue in behavioral health is relatively recent, there is much to be gained by learning from the principles, definitions, and conceptual models of competency that have been developed in other fields. This article outlines the forces that drive the current focus on competency of the healthcare workforce. Relevant history, principles, definitions, and models that have evolved through research and application in business and industry are reviewed. From this analysis, recommendations are offered to guide future work on competencies in 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 - Increasing attention is being directed to the competency of those who deliver healthcare in the United States. In behavioral health, there is growing recognition of the need to define, teach, and assess essential competencies. Since attention to this issue in behavioral health is relatively recent, there is much to be gained by learning from the principles, definitions, and conceptual models of competency that have been developed in other fields. This article outlines the forces that drive the current focus on competency of the healthcare workforce. Relevant history, principles, definitions, and models that have evolved through research and application in business and industry are reviewed. From this analysis, recommendations are offered to guide future work on competencies in behavioral health.
PP - United States
PY - 2005
SN - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
SP - 509
EP - 531
EP - 
T1 - The fundamentals of workforce competency: Implications for behavioral health
T2 - Administration and Policy in Mental Health
TI - The fundamentals of workforce competency: Implications for behavioral health
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16082795
VL - 32
VO - 0894-587X; 0894-587X
Y1 - 2005
ER -