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M andatory competencies are a part of most healthcare facilities. Required by accreditation agencies or facility policy, job-specific, age-related competencies verify patient caregiver skills and knowledge of the patient population. Competency guidelines assist in providing legitimate and realistic methods to evaluate competency. Managers are frustrated by the need to identify department competencies, form a plan, and test and submit the results to the education or human resources department. Educators can make the process less painful and much more productive by providing a template for managers to use. This article will define competency, identify competency experts, identify how to select specific competencies, describe the various methods used to assess competency, and finally, provide some examples of the competency process. ## WHAT IS A COMPETENCY? Competency is verification that required skills, processes, or concepts are done/understood correctly as determined by an expert. ## WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND COMPETENCY? Education is providing information. It can be new information or a review of information presented through audio, videos, lectures, books, modu

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Author

Maureen O'Hearne Rebholz

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)