Adjudicative competence

Today’s healthcare system is undergoing serious debate and introspection. Healthcare spending grew by 5.8 % in 2015, reaching $3.2 trillion or $9,990 per person. As a share of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, healthcare spending accounted for 17.8 % in 2016 (National Health Expenditure Data –CMS). This rate of growth cannot be sustained. Changes need to be made and I fear that if we are not proactive and innovative as healthcare professionals in leading this change, that decisions will…

From my experience, there is not a specific definition of cultural competence because the interpretation has evolved. However, from an academic standpoint, cultural competency is a collection of congruent behaviors, attitudes and policies that are integrated into a system. This system enables people to work effectively in…

Job Analysis Documents Table 1 presents the data from all of the relevant JA sources on competencies. In order to only retain competencies that were of greater significance to the job each data source had a cut-off point (retention criteria) and if the values were lower than this then they were removed from further analyses. The retention criteria for each of the data sources was approximately half their possible maximum values: 55, 4 and 50 respectively. The combined competency weight were…

Competency models are basically a picture board used to collect the viewable skills, behaviors and the attitude that can affect the type of work a person may do. It shows us what people need to learn and have the ability to perform in order to meet their responsibilities in a strong manner. These competency models are becoming more and more important to employers in use for recruitment of new employees as well as finding the right employee that is going to be a natural” fit” for their…

DynaVox V, was chosen specifically for her. Using Janice Light’s Framework, it is simple to see that Mary-Jane’s DynaVox V, is compliant with her linguistic, operational, social, and strategic competence. Linguistic competence means that the user’s language skills comply with the program. Within linguistic competence, it is important for the person assessing to be aware of the patient’s receptive and expressive language skills. In Mary-Jane’s case, it is clear that she had been able to…

2) In addition to understanding several interpersonal communication concepts and skills I now have a knowledge on how to be a more competent communicator. At the beginning of this course I was asked to write an introductory paper stating what I seen my strengths and weaknesses to be in communication. I had indicated that at that point in time that I feel that I have a strong need for affection and gaining control over any given situation. In addition to wanting to have the upper hand in a…

their inner dialogue and, in particular, the critical voice that said "not like that", concentrate on your hand!, angle it differently". This is your inner voice speaking. We have 4 competence cycle of learning, such as, Unconscious incompetence, Conscious incompetence, Conscious competence and unconscious competence. In this 4 difference coaching cycle the coaches need to identify the stage at which an individual is to use the right sort of language to help them move to the next stage.…

physician using the SBAR tool. Benner’s Stage of Clinical Competence In this scenario, the stage of clinical competence reflected is the competent level of practice. Benner describes the competent performer as one that has a “feeling of mastery and the ability to cope with and manage the contingencies of clinical nursing” (Benner, 2001, p. 27). The competent level of practice is validated in this scenario in two areas. The first area of competence is the detection and documentation of…

When a person from one culture sends a message to a person from a different culture, this process is known as intercultural communication (McDaniel, Samnovar & Porter, 2012). We interact with people from different cultures on a daily basis and therefore it is useful to have knowledge of the theories which develop our intercultural communication skills. Several of these concepts can be explained through stories relayed to me by my friend Victoria, who has experience working with Middle Eastern…

Treatment and Intervention from the textbook that were covered for week four. In addition, when assessing my competence, it will discuss the process of problem identification, planning and the methods of planning, contracting and short and long-term goals, and written and oral contracts and identifying major barriers. Furthermore, the second part of this journal will assess my competence in understanding the cultural context in therapy, the impact of client motivation and resistance in therapy…