Clinical Competence

"Clinical Competence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.

Descriptor ID	D002983
MeSH Number(s)	I02.399.630.210 N04.761.210 N05.715.175
Concept/Terms	Clinical Competence Clinical Competence Competency, Clinical Competence, Clinical Clinical Competency Clinical Competencies Competencies, Clinical Clinical Skill Clinical Skill Skill, Clinical Skills, Clinical Clinical Skills

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clinical Competence".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Educational Measurement [I02.399]
Professional Competence [I02.399.630]
Clinical Competence [I02.399.630.210]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Quality of Health Care [N04.761]
Clinical Competence [N04.761.210]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Clinical Competence [N05.715.175]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Clinical Competence".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Clinical Competence".

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Bar chart showing 493 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 36 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	2	2
1997	4	0	4
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	3	4
2000	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	6	7	13
2003	3	6	9
2004	3	4	7
2005	5	8	13
2006	4	10	14
2007	10	8	18
2008	11	4	15
2009	15	12	27
2010	16	10	26
2011	7	14	21
2012	12	8	20
2013	14	14	28
2014	12	11	23
2015	22	14	36
2016	14	19	33
2017	16	12	28
2018	19	11	30
2019	17	10	27
2020	7	14	21
2021	5	14	19
2022	3	14	17
2023	2	15	17
2024	6	10	16
2025	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in Profiles.

Villarante DM, Schuler E, Rincon T, O'Donoghue SC. Competency Development for E-Mentors of Undergraduate Nursing Students Using E-Delphi Method. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 44(2):99-108.

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DiGirolamo GJ, Sorcini F, Zaniewski Z, Kruskal JB, Rosen MP. Non-Conscious Detection of "Missed" Lung Nodules by Radiologists: Expanding the Boundaries of Successful Processing During the Visual Assessment of Chest CT Scans. Radiology. 2025 Feb; 314(2):e232996.

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Servais EL, Rashidi L, Porwal P, Garibaldi M, Hung AJ. Novel force feedback technology improves suturing in robotic-assisted surgery: a pre-clinical study. Surg Endosc. 2025 Feb; 39(2):1217-1226.

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Kim SS, Schumacher L, Cooke DT, Servais E, Rice D, Sarkaria I, Yang S, Abbas A, Sanchetti M, Long J, Kotova S, Park BJ, D'Souza D, Shah-Jadeja M, Ajouz H, Godoy L, Bahatyrevich N, Hayanga J, Lazar J. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Statements on a Framework for a Standardized National Robotic Curriculum for Thoracic Surgery Trainees. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Apr; 119(4):719-732.

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Levoy E, Vilendrer S, Dang R, Nasr AS, Luu J, Tawfik D, Shanafelt T. Physician perspectives of clinical performance feedback and impact on well-being: a qualitative exploration. BMJ Open. 2024 11 09; 14(11):e082726.

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Nguyen AHP, Nguyen HV, Nguyen TX, Nguyen HTT, Nguyen TN, Nguyen TTH, Goldberg RJ, Yuan Y, Gurwitz JH, Nguyen HL, Vu HTT. Knowledge, Attitudes and Confidence in Providing Dementia Care to Older Adults Among Nurses Practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Older People Nurs. 2024 Nov; 19(6):e12666.

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Lamberson M, Collins SC, Axtmayer C, Bisanzo M, Della Grotta K, Fleisher CL, Marsac ML, Mathon CJ, Pulcini CD. Assessing Emergency Department Staff Knowledge, Competency, and Implementation of Pre- and Post-Trauma-Informed Care Training. J Emerg Nurs. 2025 Jan; 51(1):145-157.

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Nguyen D, MacKenzie A, Kim YH. Encouragement vs. liability: How prompt engineering influences ChatGPT-4's radiology exam performance. Clin Imaging. 2024 Nov; 115:110276.

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Darnell D, Pierson A, Tanana MJ, Dorsey S, Boudreaux ED, Are?n PA, Comtois KA. Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Train Nurses in Suicide Safety Planning With Hospital Patients: Formative Acceptability Evaluation of an eLearning Continuing Education Training. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Sep 06; 8:e56402.

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Kamine TH, Siu M, Stegemann S, Formanek A, Levin D. Long Round-Trip Time Delay Effects on Performance of a Simulated Appendectomy Task. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024 Sep 01; 95(9):703-708.

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