title: Perioperative care: it's all a matter of competency--isn't it?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Raven-Vause Consulting Ltd, Dorset BH21 4DS. annie@raven-vauseconsulting.co.uk
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raven-Vause
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007586:Job Application; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom