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Integrating professional skills into the curriculum

Proceedings of the first Australasian conference on Computer science education - ACSE '96, 1996
The need for the teaching of professional skills to undergraduates in areas such as communications, team work, conflict resolution, and ethics has for some time been articulated by the information systems profession. These skills are particularly required by information systems graduates.
John W. Lamp, Chris D. Keen, Cathy Urquhart   +2 more
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Soccer Skill Development in Professionals

International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the development of the technical skill dribbling during ages 14-18 and adulthood playing level. The results gained insight in the required level of the technical skill dribbling during adolescence to be capable of becoming a professional soccer player.
Huijgen, B. C. H., Elferink-Gemser, M. T., Post, W. J., Visscher, C.   +3 more
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The requisite variety of skills for IT professionals

Communications of the ACM, 2010
Introduction IT professionals are beset by ongoing changes in technology and business practices. Some commentators have suggested that, in order to stay competitive, IT professionals should retool themselves to gain competency in specific in-demand technical skills.
Kevin P. Gallagher, Kate M. Kaiser, Judith C. Simon, Cynthia Mathis Beath, Tim Goles   +4 more
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Soft skills and creativity in IS professionals

Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. 1999. HICSS-32. Abstracts and CD-ROM of Full Papers, 2003
Although the soft (i.e. non-technical) skills of information systems (IS) professionals are recognized as important for job performance, few attempts have been made to study systematically the concept of soft skills. We draw upon the pioneering work in the area of practical intelligence and creativity at the workplace to develop the concept of soft ...
Damien Joseph, Soon Ang, Sandra Slaughter   +2 more
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Professional Skills

2017
This chapter addresses the under-researched area of professional skills formation in a comparative perspective. The first part reviews the main disciplinary frameworks for analyzing the education and training of professionals. The second part develops a comparative political economy typology for categorizing varieties of professional skill formation ...
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Teaching Skills of Health Professionals

The Diabetes Educator, 1989
The purpose of this paper is to describe an analytic method that focuses on health professionals' teaching skills. The method involves comparing live or recorded teacher behaviors with operational definitions of 20 skills known to influence learning outcomes, and assigning numerical ratings on a four-point scale.
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Professional practice skills for nurses

Nursing Standard, 2014
Nurses work in a healthcare system in which different partners in care have different expectations of them. Demands to provide compassionate care that is patient-centred and responsive while adhering to budget constraints are contributing to 'compassion fatigue' and adversely affecting nurses' mood and effectiveness.
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Personal Skills for Computing Professionals

Computer, 2009
In this paper, the issues regarding computing professionals and their personal skill required in industry is discussed. A study commissioned by a Spanish private university analyzed the social and organizational image of professional graduates in various fields.
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Professional skills and behaviour

2012
This chapter covers the following professional skills: good surgical practice, communication, judgement and decision-making, clinical governance and patient safety, audit, appraisal, and revalidation, consent and confidentiality, education, training, and research, child protection, and end-of-life care.
Matthew D. Gardiner, Neil R. Borley
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A Survey on Skills of DevRel professionals

XVIII Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems, 2022
Ana Elisa da Silva Cunha, Bruno B. P. Cafeo, Davi Viana, Awdren L. Fontão   +3 more
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