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Teaching affective competencies to surgical technologists.

C M Patty
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Learning in the affective domain encompasses behaviors and beliefs concerned with values, morals, and caring, and surgical technologists have not been well trained in affective competencies. This article describes the development of a curricular model based on Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings and on humanistic learning theory.

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AffectAttitude of Health PersonnelCurriculumHumansLearningModels, TheoreticalOperating Room TechniciansPatient CarePerioperative NursingProfessional CompetenceTeachingJournal Article

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C M Patty. 1999. Teaching affective competencies to surgical technologists.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61296-9

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