Education and practice: is competency-based education closing the gap?
This paper reviews Competency Based Education, CBE, defining competence as a complex network of knowledge, performance and attitudes. It reviews methods for competency identification and validation, emphasizes assessment at all learning levels, highlights proponents' and opponents' views, points out possible legal implications and makes recommendations for the administration of CBE programs.
D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003479:Curriculum; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D008962:Models, Theoretical