Clearly, it takes extra effort and planning to involve undergraduates in ongoing academic research, but it's worth it because they don't just gain a level of practical competence, says Delgado-Fernandez – they gain skills that would be hard to come by just by reading.
They interviewed senior students and newly qualified doctors and found that this quality [i.e., the appropriate state of mind] was as important as practical competence in preparing for the world of practice.
For sure, not all contemporary art is good, but to proceed in this way is to deny the intelligence, thoughtfulness, doubt, practical competence, intuition, sensitivity and humour of anyone with the temerity to make art now.
Central in this model is the concept of supported participation, which is conducive to learning outcomes, such as a positive state of mind and practical competence, which, in turn, influence student learning (Dornan et al. 2007).
Nevertheless, studies on workplace based education show that next to practical competence; students need to establish a sense of professional identity that includes confidence and motivation [ 13].
Projecting an attractive blend of joie de vivre and practical competence, they seemed to know their business, and that they did not always agree in their diagnoses made them seem more rather than less reliable.
It required great practical competence and massive financial investment as well as good taste to bring Park Circus into existence.
Decision-making competence combines theoretical and practical competence and refers to students' competence in making decisions on patients' medicine regimens.
The practical medication competence of the students, as evaluated by medication calculation test, was rather good compared to several previous studies [ 7, 9– 16, 17, 19] 19].
Apart from the classical oral feedback in postgraduate training interviews, the term "workplace-based assessments" (WPBA) subsumes a range of examination tools which correspond to the wishes expressed by HOs for a structured feedback process in terms of methodology and content, and necessarily permit the assessment of practical competences at the highest competence level [ 12– 12].
