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Competency based education: general concepts.

B J May
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Competency based education is a system of education which focuses on the performances to be exhibited by the graduates of the educational program. This paper presents an overview of the steps in the development of a competency based curriculum and gives examples which apply the concepts to a physical therapy educational program.

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B J May. 1979. Competency based education: general concepts.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10243173/

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