Fast Facts about Competency-Based Education in Nursing

How to Teach Competency Mastery

Ruth Wittmann-Price, Karen Gittings
Springer Publishing
120 pages
ISBN: 978-0826136534
December 2020

“Competency-based education…provides an avenue to promote institutional accountability, address employer concerns, and assist with student transfer of knowledge and skills.”

-Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Dean and Professor, Duquesne University

The first book of its kind, this concise, step-by-step guide written for novice and experienced educators distills all the essentials every nursing instructor needs to know to implement a Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum, teach with competencies, and evaluate students’ mastery. Grounded in a learner-centered paradigm, CBE focuses on outcomes and skills rather than relying on time-based training. It facilitates in-depth learning that encompasses all three learning domains — cognitive, skills, and attitudes.