Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Clinical Competence

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

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Clinical Competency
  • Competence, Clinical
  • Competency, Clinical
  • Clinical Competencies
  • Competencies, Clinical
  • Clinical Skill
  • Clinical Skills
  • Skill, Clinical
  • Skills, Clinical

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

competence in professional activities directly related to patient care: differentiate from PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE which refers to competence not necessarily related to patient care

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History Note

75

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Previous Indexing

  • Educational Measurement (1966-1974)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I02w.399w.630.210
  2. N04w.761w.210
  3. N05.715w.175

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clinical Competence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002983. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002983
  2. Clinical Competence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65467308