Perioperative care: it's all a matter of competency--isn't it?
Many operating department practitioners believe that career success depends solely on technical ability. In this article Anne Raven-Vause challenges the nature of competent performance in busy perioperative settings and explores the skill set that needs to be developed in tomorrow's leaders.
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Raven-Vause Consulting Ltd, Dorset BH21 4DS. annie@raven-vauseconsulting.co.uk
D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007586:Job Application; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom