Given that the Institute of Medicine has recommended cultural competency as a means for addressing and reducing health disparities [ 32], more research is warranted to better understand how health care delivered in a culturally competent manner influences patient health outcomes.
The studies analyzed in our systematic literature review focused on the competency/skills aspect – although competencies were not clearly defined – for addressing the issue of safety risks in the construction and engineering industry.
Universities and accreditation providers must review their processes for addressing this competency to ensure it is achieved.
King's theory is a broad theory designed to provide a framework for nursing (I.M. King, 1981), whereas emotional intelligence (EI; J.D. Mayer & P. Salovey, 2004) is a theory that is specific for addressing potential competency in dealing with emotions and emotional information.
Adult endocrinologists expressed similar issues in taking on young adult patients, highlighting their need for enhanced competencies in addressing management of GHD with that sub-population.
Once a generation of internal medicine residency training program faculty with expertise sufficient to teach addiction medicine exist, teaching the required competencies to address unhealthy substance use should not require funds beyond those required for the whole program.
We would recommend authors align their research with the ACGME core competencies and identify which core competencies are being addressed by the study.
In addition, a communication training for nurses addressing specific competencies to provide older patients with tailored patient education, could be useful.
The Australian federal Department of Health and Aging funded a pilot course in simulation-based education to address these competencies for surgical trainees.
23 Various studies have examined core competencies of effective therapists 24- 26; however, these have tended to rely on very small samples of expert informants, have addressed basic competencies for trainees, and have not focused on medical populations.
