To ensure equivalence of training standards the current tendency of recommended guidelines and reports is steering psychiatric training towards becoming more competency focused.
This competency focuses on the ability to manage complexity.
New B2C marketing competencies focus on user identity data and personalization, with a goal of having the right content and experience for each user (during the three seconds they are looking at that page on their tablet or mobile device).
Not surprisingly, four of the SFFP recommended competencies focus on biochemistry and biology.
The first two SFFP competencies focus on scientific inquiry and reasoning skills, which cut across the scientific disciplines.
While functional competencies look at the cognitive skills of individuals, such as problem solving or analytical reasoning, social competencies focus on interpersonal skills required for effective teamwork.
Take, for example, the competencies "focuses on results" and "builds relationships". Only 14% of leaders who were reasonably strong (that is, scored in the 75th percentile) in focusing on results but less so in building relationships reached the extraordinary leadership level: the 90th percentile in overall leadership effectiveness.
The lowest rated competencies focussed on encountering the patient in shock and image assessments.
The highest rated competencies focussed on information and adaptability to the patients needs.
Furthermore, a three-theme (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) action-based approach framework for entrepreneurial competencies focused on developing entrepreneurial competencies is proposed (Lackéus 2013).
Closely aligned to the proliferation of data and our research into questions is a growing agenda around twenty-first century skills and competencies focusing on building capabilities in asking the right questions to foster problem solving and critical thinking (Griffin et al. 2012).
