"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.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
| Descriptor ID |
D002983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.399.630.210 N04.761.210 N05.715.175
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| 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
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clinical Competence".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Clinical Competence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2015 | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| 2016 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 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 | 9 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in Profiles.
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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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Vega C, Lindsay R, Shokraneh K, Willard CS, Gleeson T, Kapoor M, Nalbandian A, Binder ZW. POCUS Standoff: Comparing Ultrasound Interfaces for Soft Tissue Foreign Body Imaging. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 May 01; 41(5):354-358.
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Shehata D, Ghaderi I, Nepomnayshy D. The evolution of surgical skills simulation education: Advanced laparoscopic skills. Surgery. 2025 05; 181:109248.
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Price AD, Nasim BW, Montgomery KB, Layne DL, Cortez AR, Abelson JS, Patel JA. A Multi-institutional Study From the US Resident Operative Experience Consortium Examining Factors Associated With Exposure and Pursuit of Colorectal Fellowship After General Surgery Residency. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 May 01; 68(5):637-646.
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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 02; 39(2):1217-1226.
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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.