Volume 9, Issue 1 pp. 36-40

A competency-based tool for education

G. Husband

G. Husband

Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Practice and Research, University of Sunderland and City Hospitals NHS Trust, Sunderland, UK. Previously employed as Senior Nurse for Research and Development at South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.,

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J. Banks-Howe

J. Banks-Howe

Cancer Education and Training for the Cancer Alliance and University of Teesside, UK,

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L. Boal

L. Boal

Cancer Education and Training for the Cancer Care Alliance and Therapy Radiographer at South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK,

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D. Hodgson

D. Hodgson

Leeds University, and Project Facilitator for Cancer Education and Training, Cancer Care Alliance, and Therapy Radiographer, South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

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First published: 24 December 2001
Citations: 5
Gill Husband School of Science, University of Sunder-land, Chester Road, Sunderland, UK; e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Through a multidisciplinary team approach, a competency-based tool has been developed to help to assess and identify training and development needs for staff working within the cancer field. The tool assists both individuals and organisations to gain a micro and macro picture of staff’s existing skills and their development needs.

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