Author: Marcia Docherty

Competency misuse and abuse is everywhere. I even found it walking up Yonge Street in Toronto one July afternoon! I spotted this sign on the door of a retail store selling household goods. I thought, what a perfect example of how a problem can become competency misuse & abuse. Competency statements often start as problem statements or gaps in practice. It’s because we often keep […]

The competency approach in health care is the preferred method to meet the mandate for public protection. A competency profile defines a profession’s scope of practice and it is used to afford access to the profession and address concerns about practice. Concerns About Practice When a complaint is lodged and investigated, the contextual details are gathered so that the performance can be evaluated by a […]

The goal of a competency-based approach is to identify the minimum standards of performance, or the threshold between competent and not competent. This is a key determinator for student progression and graduation. However, in my experience, less than 5% of a class are at risk of falling into this category. Despite this being a low frequency – high risk concern, educators can spend a significant […]