Competency Assessment Models
This article describes characteristics of alternative assessment models deployed in the measurement of professional competencies across the professional life span based on the work of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Assessment of Competence in Professional Psychology. Assess...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Professional psychology, research and practice research and practice, 2007-10, Vol.38 (5), p.463-473 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article
describes characteristics of alternative assessment models deployed in the
measurement of professional competencies across the professional life span based
on the work of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the
Assessment of Competence in Professional Psychology. Assessments of knowledge,
decision making, performance and personal attributes, as well as integrated
practice-based skills and tasks are described and compared on the basis of their
validity, feasibility and practicality, fidelity, and relevance at difference
stages of professional development. It is acknowledged that no single assessment
can evaluate all competencies and that assessments can be combined in
complementary ways. Assessments deployed in the nursing, dental, and medical
professions are reviewed and contrasted with current practices in psychology. At
the licensure level, differences in the assessments deployed among the 4
healthcare professions are described, and their candidate fees and number of
candidates assessed annually are documented. Ideas for developing new
assessments in psychology are discussed on the basis of the needs and financial
resources available to psychology and the experiences of other healthcare
professions. |
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ISSN: | 0735-7028 1939-1323 |
DOI: | 10.1037/0735-7028.38.5.463 |