We often use skills to feel better in the moment. A new study of patients discharging from a partial hospital shows feeling ...

This study describes the development and evaluation of a competency based training program in behavior change counselling for obesity management. This was a real world study attempting to obtain ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

In a recent blog post, Select International discusses the importance of behavioral competencies when hiring in healthcare. Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Select International’s ...

As part of an investigation of the needs of boys with hemophilia, we compared their behaviors and social competencies with those of an unaffected control group. The parents of 10 younger (8-11 years) ...

In a recent blog post, Bryan Warren, Manger of Healthcare Solutions at Select International, notes that when creating a competency model, it can be easy to get wrapped up in over-sized web of ...

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...

A workplace competency is a description of a required skill, attribute or behavior for a specific job used to define and measure an individual's effectiveness. Competencies are arranged into a ...

Competency-based interviews have long been considered a gold standard in hiring, focusing on skills, abilities and behavioral traits rather than solely on resumes. However, with today's diverse, ...