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Occupational standards and professional development.

M Day
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Last week, Edwards (1998) examined the use of occupational standards in developing the surgical assistant's role. In this article the author describes the preliminary findings from a separate study to assess competency in professional development programmes.

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M Day. Occupational standards and professional development.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.12.21.39.s47

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