title: Competency-based occupational standards: influences on Australian speech pathology education.
abstract: Speech Pathology Australia developed competency-based occupational standards in response to a national government initiative across all professions and these standards have formed the basis for the accreditation process of speech pathology education programmes in Australia since 1994. This paper presents a critical appraisal of the contribution of a competency framework to curricular design, focussing on both content coverage and teaching methodologies. Also, the assessment of learning promoted through a competency-based framework is considered in relation to models of critical thinking.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia. Alison.Ferguson@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology