10/22/2026
Training completion can tell an organization that an employee attended a course, watched a video, or acknowledged a policy.
Competency answers a different question:
Can this person demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to perform the work appropriately?
That distinction is especially important in healthcare.
A completed learning activity may be one step in preparing an employee, but many clinical and operational roles require additional validation through observation, demonstration, procedure completion, preceptorship, assessment, or ongoing evaluation.