title: Developing a skills-based competency course.
abstract: Skills-based competency programs evaluate whether participants can demonstrate knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors associated with a skill in a simulated or actual clinical setting. Critical elements for program development include accurate and precise outcome statements that delineate the skill to be performed and valid and reliable evaluation criteria that identify the critical behaviors necessary for safe and competent performance.
authors.affiliation: Accreditation Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. kathy.chappell@ana.org
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koithan
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration