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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Portfolios in professional practice
1University of Central Lancashire, UK.
Abstract:
Competency-based approaches to education and professional development have increased the need for nursing practitioners to submit their clinical practice to scrutiny through the development and assessment of portfolios. This paper examines the role of portfolio development as a method of assessing competency in and for practice and provides a brief synopsis of opposing views in relation to competency-based approaches.
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