The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education provides a framework for preparing nurses using a competency-based approach to education. Methods to best measure competency in nursing education need further exploration and a design that will challenge students and prepare them for practice. A working group comprised of multidisciplinary competency-based education (CBE) assessment experts has been created to guide this work. The working group will help to identify the role AACN should take in addressing competency assessment as well as possible strategies for competency assessment. The group understands that while educational approaches may vary, outcomes should not. Additionally, the working groupwill provide guidance regarding AACN’s role in faculty development in the area of assessment and evaluation.
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Bimbola F. Akintade, PhD, Chair
East Carolina University
Dean
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Jonathan Amiel, MD
Columbia University
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Senior Associate Dean for Innovation in Health Professions Education |
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David Cella, PhD
Northwestern University
Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences |
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Phil Dickison, PhD
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Chief Operations & Examinations Officer
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Carol Fowler Durham, EdD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor and Director, Education-Innovation-Simulation Learning Environment |
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Robert Englander, MD
University of Minnesota
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
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Kara Hedvig Evans, MSN
Atrium Health
Director of Nursing Professional Development |
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Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Associate Professor |
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Cynthia O'Neal, PhD
University of Texas Health San Antonio
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies |
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Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN
Alverno College
Dean Emerita |
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Janelle Sokolowich, PhD
Western Governors University
Academic Vice President and Dean |
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Susan Corbridge, PhD, Staff Liaison
Chief Essentials Program Officer
scorbridge@aacnnursing.org |