In accordance with previous studies indicating a high degree of satisfaction with tooth extraction services amongst the Tanzanian population [ 32, 37], practitioners correspondingly reported highest competencies in this skill.
The main findings underline the radiographers' high competency in both 'Nurse-initiated care' and 'Technical and radiographic processes'.
Today's service-oriented, knowledge-based society requires high competency in 'soft skills', professionalism in interpersonal relationships, communicative competency, and awareness of cultural norms and their impact (Hendarman & Tjakraatmadja, 2012).
While graduates recruited by special track had higher competency in four domains, those recruited by normal track had higher competencies in major clinical subjects (MAJ_CLINIC) with an average score of 0.03, 0.04, and 0.02, respectively.
This programme aimed to increase the readiness of students to fulfil the needs of society relating to higher competency in patient care.
It was similar to the adoption of the PharmD in the US, Canada and South Korea that was led by the needs of clinical pharmacists who had higher competency in patient care [ 10, 89, 90].
Major themes emerged in response to the open-ended written answers showing that PharmD graduates had high competency in patient care services and readiness to work, particularly in large hospitals, due to their training to work in specialised areas (e.g., special clinics, ward rounds).
In order to find areas of high competency in our prioritization, we map the candidates to Gene Ontology [using DAVID (Dennis, Jr. et al., 2003)] and perform a search for classifications containing the term 'receptor' and found three classifications with more than five members (Fig. 3).
Finally, the assessment is also language based so that respondents completing it in their native (and thus likely most proficient) language are expected to show higher competencies in literacy measured in this language.
Our study shows that teachers' higher competencies in planning and delivering PE lessons positively contribute mostly to children's physical fitness and less to their body composition.
