The benefits of competency-based education
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, May 18, 2007
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Competency-based education (CBE) is one approach commonly used to assess and validate competency. In many ways, CBE reflects a pragmatic concern for doing, not just knowing how to do; most CBE programs focus on outcomes rather than processes. There are many benefits of a competency-based approach. These include:
- Having clear guidelines for everyone involved in the process
- Encouraging teamwork
- Enhancing skills and knowledge
- Increasing staff retention
- Reducing staff anxiety
- Improving nursing performance
- Ensuring compliance with The Joint Commission standard that all members of the staff are competent to fulfill their assigned responsibilities
Editor's note: The above excerpt is from the online course "Nursing CE Series: Assessing Competencies." For more information on this and other courses in our library, go to http://www.hcprofessor.com.
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