Death of the Skills Fair: Competency Assessment Done the Wright Way

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Staff competency assessment and validation is an important part of any patient safety program. Skills fairs are fraught with challenges and are not proven methodologies to better patient outcomes. This intermediate-complexity course shares one hospital's experience on a journey to change its way of assessing and validating employee competence and the lessons that inform its work today.

Objectives

Explain two challenges with utilizing skills fairs as a methodology of competency assessment and validation.
Discuss why on-demand competency validation is a superior alternative to skills fairs.
Evaluate the pros and cons of alternative methods of competency validation.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

AACN programming meets the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education contact hours for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting CE to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.