The phrase "achieve the competency" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the attainment of a specific skill or level of proficiency in a particular area.
Example: "To succeed in this role, you must achieve the competency required for effective communication and teamwork."
Alternatives: "attain the skill" or "reach the level of proficiency".
This situation makes it required to develop guidance materials to enable teachers, the most important factor of the program, to achieve the competency required for the field.
However, the complexities of competencies tested at different OSCE stations may vary significantly and the clarity of instructions given to examinees, as well as the perceived degree of learning needed to achieve the competency being tested/evaluated, may also differ from one OSCE station to another [ 20- 24].
Each competency has a set of learning objectives, which describe the approach for achieving the competency.
Enabling competencies, which are a sub-set of competencies needed to achieve the key competencies, include the basic understanding of epidemiology and biostatistics, basic searching skills and the philosophy of critical enquiry.
Creating opportunities for students of multiple health professions to achieve the interprofessional competencies is critical to prepare them to enter the health care system and provide effective team-based care.
Besides this, the instructor facilitates feedback opportunities, which allow students to achieve the target competencies.
Nevertheless, the results of the evaluation processes show clearly that they did allow the students to achieve the target competencies, as shown in the final grades of the course (Fig. 3).
Based on the effective principles of first-aid training and current knowledge about the process of lay first-aid giving, we elaborated a new conception of first-aid training that can effectively train the participants to achieve the desired competencies on all levels of preparedness – knowledge, skills as well as the psychological setup.
In the core SBIRT module, composed of six different sections, residents achieve the core competencies of screening, assessment, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.
4 There have been a number of studies in recent years about the transition from medical school to junior doctor and on how the participants feel about their ability to achieve the necessary competencies.
