Tag: skill
Experts and expertise
Preamble In 2012 I explored the nature of expertise in an article that was mainly focused on expert witness expertise. A deeper exploration was triggered today when I discovered a statement made by the Care Quality Commission. Scroll down for more. This article will delve deep into the issues of experts and expertise, and prove that the CQC is misguided. Expertise refers to a high level of knowledge or skill in a particular field or area. Experts are often recognisedRead More …
Identifying and selecting the expert
If you developed a rare and complex medical condition, such as autoimmune myasthenia gravis, it would be important to find the right expert to treat that condition. Why? Because you’d want to be cured of the condition, or maximise your life-expectancy with a reasonable quality of life (if it is not curable). Most people with such a condition – I could imagine – won’t be seeking the advice of their local pharmacist, about what pill to take for the condition.Read More …
The nature of expertise
The use of ‘expertise’, is about extending your vision and appreciation of something that you do not normally know about. Let me start from the endpoint of expertise with an example. Put yourself in the following situation. After months of suffering with abdominal pain and gaining no lasting relief from using various home remedies, you finally decide that you’re going to see a doctor. What are you looking for when you see the doctor? I’d suggest the following: To beRead More …