The apprentices are referring to the time sheet in order to understand what competencies need to be developed, which provides a narrow description of which competencies the apprentices should develop.
However, from the perspective of APL, where, besides prior knowledge and skills, competencies need to be measured, it is more appropriate to use a combination of the psychometric and edumetric quality criteria.
The results indicate that the task of preparing preservice teachers to become technology competent is difficult and requires many efforts for providing them with ample of opportunities during their education to develop the competencies needed to be able to teach with technology.
If GPs are to make an effective contribution in this area, not only their competencies need to be upgraded by offering suitable and effective genetics training, but performance in real practice needs to be facilitated as well by operationalizing integration of genetics in Electronic Patient Records.
If general practitioners are to make an effective contribution in this area, their genetics competencies need to be upgraded.
Notwithstanding, health literacy definitions and perhaps competencies need to be revised to capture all related and relevant components.
As stated above, clear learning objectives and core competencies need to be established, but with an eye toward how these can be assessed.
Whereas much of the training has focused on technical leadership, broader leadership and management competencies need to be emphasized in the future.
The contextualized competencies in Table 1 illustrate how different competencies need to be assessed in different ways but also how different methods may be appropriate for the same competency.
Reflections on the LCP document use and the specific elements of care delivery provide an opportunity to acknowledge which competencies need to be maintained and which need to be improved.
