Monday, April 7, 2008

Competence/Competency - what's the difference?

Competence is all about building capacity. Competency is the examination of current performance against standards. This is considering an individual's actual performance in a particular situation.

AOTA certification programs focus on continuing competence, or the building of capacity to meet identified competencies. This is important because what a profession can be is dependent on the continuing competence of its members.

With this being said....what have you done lately to build your capacity? Have you begun your Board or Specialty Certification application? If so, great! Keep going. If not, what is holding you back? Maybe you don't know where to begin? The first step is to download the application handbook and read through it. Please continue to visit this blog as the process of applying for Board & Specialty Certification is presented and discussed. I look forward to your input & questions.

Christine Urish, PhD, OTR/L, BCMH

2 comments:

seholmOT said...

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AOTA Board & Specialty Certification said...

Great She-baa.....I'm going to write a note in the next blog to remind people to set an alert