As hospitals prepare for change, both through recent reforms and broader industry changes, the timing is right to revisit competency standards and their many valuable applications. Explore the evolution of competencies in health care and learn how they can be established and applied in health care today. We will also discuss how established competency libraries can be used in support of this effort.

Join Chris Bergeron and Dr. Stephen Schoonover for a presentation on the expanding application of competencies in health care. Jonathan Verdun will also speak on Salary.com's recently released health care library.

Attendees will be able to answer the following questions:

• How are competencies being used in health care today, and what opportunities exist for using competencies in the future?
• How should competencies be defined and communicated within a health care organization?
• What is the best way to get started? What is involved in creating a project plan for using competencies in an organization?