title: Occupational standards and professional development.
abstract: Last week, Edwards (1998) examined the use of occupational standards in developing the surgical assistant's role. In this article the author describes the preliminary findings from a separate study to assess competency in professional development programmes.
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009872:Operating Room Technicians / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence; D013192:Staff Development / Q000592:standards*