Sentence examples for definition of competency from inspiring English sources
Justice Breyer said that rather than setting an all-encompassing definition of competency, the court would leave the decision to individual trial judges, who he said "will often prove best able to make more fine-tuned mental capacity decisions, tailored to the individual circumstances of a particular defendant".
There is also a lack of consensus about the definition of competency, as well as how to measure it in clinical practice [5].
The definition of competency has been developed to embrace societies expectations of professionals.
We used the systematically developed definition of competency of primary care managers at the sub-district level in Thailand.
Dissemination of a consensus definition of competency is fundamental to any efforts aimed at preparing effective health care providers.
The definition of competency includes motivation, personal traits, skills, and aspects of one's self image or social roles, knowledge that underlies leadership and management actions [ 6– 9].
Uncoupled from the definition of economic competencies, Weinert (2001a, b) provides a general definition of competencies that also includes non-cognitive dimensions (apart from knowledge, skills and understanding).
Finally, while the definition of competencies is necessary, it is insufficient unless the metrics of achievement are clearly defined – by what standard do we deem someone competent to be able to do a caesarean section?
Legal definitions of competency have a critical role in assessing suspects' ability to waive any of their legal rights.
According to existing definitions of competencies (e.g., Beck 1989; Weinert 2001), economic-civic competence is based on knowledge, skills and non-cognitive factors (e.g., an interest in economic problems, a motivation to solve economic problems, and attitudes and values that allow economic problems to be discussed and responsibly resolved).
Participants reported that both training workshop and videotapes significantly improved their familiarity with teaching and definitions of competencies among participants (figure 2A).
