Clinical Competence: A Review of the Health Care Literature with a Focus on Occupational Therapy

This paper provides a review of the health care literature on clinical competence with a focus on occupational therapy. A simple know-can-do hierarchical model provides a framework for understanding the concept of clinical competence and for exploring the issues related to its definition and assessment. While there is general agreement across the health professions regarding the broad meaning of competence, the profession-specific components …