SECTION 10: COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS AND ACTION PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Competence assessment has historically been a controversial issue in the health care sector. This is because it involves an assessment of a wide range of issues as outlined in the action plan. The action plan drives the health care program designed to tackle the obesity within the minority population in Alameda County. It carries among other things the policies, strategies, required portfolios and procedures to full implementation of the action plan. Due to this wide range of issues, developing effective tools and indicators for a comprehensive assessment has been a major challenge. Additionally, the technicalities involved in designing a competence assessment plan ...