
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Colagiuri, Ruth 
A1  - Ritchie, Jan 
T1  - The process of developing and validating national core competencies for diabetes educators
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 29
EP  - 42
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH960029 
N2  - The National Core Competencies for Diabetes Educators were developed on behalfof the Australian Diabetes Educators Association between July 1994 and November1995. This paper traces the development of the competencies including the rationalefor undertaking the project, the process involved and the measures taken to ensuretheir relevance and validity. The limitations of applying the competency concept tohealth professionals are discussed. The paper also explores issues affecting professionalbodies which attempt to define and document competencies and describes some of theobstacles which may be encountered during the process. 
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