title: Competency-based training to create the 21st century mental health workforce: strides, stumbles, and solutions.
abstract: In response to sustained concerns about the capability of the mental health workforce, federal groups have urged educators to adopt a competency-based system for training students in core mental health skills. A particular emphasis is training students to work in integrated systems, intervene with evidence-based practice, and employ culturally relevant therapies. Creating such a program, particularly one delivered online, requires structures that engage students in their own learning and tools for tracking competencies. We report on our competency-based graduate psychiatric mental health nursing program and the unique methods used to track student skill development and clinical reasoning.
authors.affiliation: Rush College of Nursing, Department ofCommunity and Mental Health Nursing, Evanston, IL, USA. Kathleen_R_Delaney@rush.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Linnea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carlson-Sabelli
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shephard
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ridge
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce