David Cane
Research Foundations of the CSC Approach
One of the questions we're sometimes asked is whether the CSC Approach is based upon published and/or accepted principles around the...
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David Cane
- Oct 25
- 1 min
REGULATORS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Pretty much any regulator of professional practice will tell you that their mandate from government is to serve and protect the public...
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Ania Kania-Richmond
- Sep 28
- 1 min
Professional Development - What mountains do you want to climb?
The traditional perspective embedded in Quality Assurance Programs (QAPs) is that ‘continuing competence’, or what we prefer to call...
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Brad Matthews
- Mar 16
- 1 min
Minimum Standards in Regulated Professions... It's only half the picture!
We’ve previously written about the minimum standards approach employed in Quality Assurance (QA) programs in regulated professions....
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David Cane
- Jan 10
- 1 min
The Micros & Macros of Professional Practice
We at the CSC Collab like to characterize entry-to-practice (EtP) competence in a profession as being a ‘one size fits all’ requirement....
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Ania Kania-Richmond
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
What’s the problem with ‘Continuing Competence’?
Ensuring the ongoing competence of regulated professionals is a key focus for regulators and often an important objective of Quality...
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David Cane
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
How does a novice differ from a more experienced practitioner?
We at the CSC Collaborative advocate for professional competence to be considered as a dynamic quality, that is expressed in the context...
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Greg Sadesky
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
A Scale for Mature Practice
One of the most powerful aspects of the CSC Framework and the Career-Span Competencies is their applicability to almost every profession....
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Brad Matthews
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Quality Assurance VS Quality Improvement….. What’s the difference?
When talking about workplace performance beyond entry-to-practice, much emphasis is typically placed on the concept of quality assurance...
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Ania Kania-Richmond
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Development within a lifelong career is kind of like driving a car
How a professional develops over the span of their career is not straight forward nor an easy process to define. It is highly...
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David Cane
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Competency or Competence? Tomato or Tomatoe? But wait! - there’s a difference!
Language in the field of performance management can be confusing. Two of our key terms: competency and competence are particularly...
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