Continuing Competence

This study assessed the practices, components, costs, and other variables of credentialing organizations related to recertification and renewal practices.

Access written proceedings and recordings of presentations from the International Summit on Continuing Competence.

As a follow-up to our virtual Town Hall meeting in October 2016, ICE will discuss the activities around the maintenance of certification issue on September 21, 2017.

Jointly sponsored by ICE, the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists, and the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, this research into the practices and requirements of renewal programs in professional licensure and certification began in late spring 2008 as an effort to supply a logical basis for such programs as they may be developed and refined. (c) 2009.

Methods for Ensuring Continuing Competence, Part 1, provides a comprehensive discussion regarding the definitions and constructs of competence and typical continuing competence activities. The report also explores methods for measuring and promoting continuing competence within a certification program.

This package offers you recordings of 25 concurrent sessions (1 hour each) from the 2013 ICE Exchange a

This package offers you recordings of 19 concurrent sessions (1 hour each) from the 2013 ICE Exchange that focus on issues related to the administration and governance of certification programs.

This package offers you recordings of 12 concurrent sessions (1 hour each) from the 2013 ICE Excahgne that focus on testing concepts and issues for certification programs. Most sessions are suitable for all levels of credentialing professionals in both the public and private sectors.

This package offers you recordings of 6 concurrent sessions (1 hour each) from the 2013 ICE Exchange that focus on concepts for education and training programs.

Methods for Ensuring Continuing Competence, Part 2 builds on the concepts behind continuing competence programs and the elements of a robust program. Through use of the existing literature, additional content on guidelines for program implementation and outcomes assessment is being added, along with tools to aid new programs.

This bundled package includes the following ICE R&D reports: 2013 Methods for Ensuring Continuing Competence, Part 1 and 2014 Methods for Ensuring Continuing Competence, Part 2.

Hear findings of the ICE Continuing Competence Task Force work, including: designing evidence-based program requirements, establishing consistency among program requirements and components, and providing context-sensitive criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of a program.

This package offers you recordings of 11 concurrent sessions from the 2014 ICE Exchange, covering the business of certification, testing, and continuing competence.

This package offers you recordings of 6 concurrent sessions from the 2014 ICE Exchange on testing and administration. on the business of certification.

This package offers you recordings of 6 concurrent sessions from the 2014 ICE Exchange on testing and administration.

This on-demand webinar reviews the work that has been done by ICE and several other organizations to clarify best practices in recertification and continuing competence.

Whether you are looking to select, build, or revise your continuing competence program, ICE has gathered suggested assessment measures in this Process Framework document for organizations that wish to explore the relevance of their continuing competence programs to the credibility of their certification credential.

During this concurrent session, Continuing Competency Initiatives: Lessons Learned & Evolving Outcomes, representives from three certification organizations provide case studies on how they implemented new continuing competency methods into their programs.

This package offers you recordings of 8 concurrent sessions, with session on the business of certification, testing, continuing competence, accreditation, and certificate programs