Dialogic approach to competence: assumptions and methodological path for the construction of profiles in the health area

Abstract

This theoretical investigation presents the dialogic approach to competence, its principles, and methods for the construction of professional profiles. Unlike conceptions that focus on isolated elements of competence, the dialogic approach is based on an integrative framework and proposes areas of competence that characterize core and field in professional practice. This approach recognizes the existence of different views on professional competence that must be analyzed and discussed. A set of strategies, devices, and methods capable of triangulating these views and systematizing professional activities is presented. The competent profile, built as a meta point of view, translates contextualized combinations of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that express excellence in professional performance, with a view to training, certification, and continuing education of health professionals. The text analyzes the coherence between practices systematized in the way proposed here and the development of entrustable professional activities.