"Clinical Competence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
| Descriptor ID |
D002983
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.399.630.210 N04.761.210
|
| Concept/Terms |
Clinical Skill- Clinical Skill
- Skills, Clinical
- Clinical Skills
- Skill, Clinical
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Clinical Competence".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Clinical Competence".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Competence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Clinical Competence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2018 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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