A proctored, real-world assessment that validates applied EMR workflow competency — not just course completion.
Choice EMR Learning Credential
Independent Validation of Real-World EMR Competency
The Choice EMR Learning Credential is a performance-based, third-party credential designed to independently validate real-world Electronic Medical Record (EMR) skills used in clinical and administrative healthcare settings.
Launching Spring 2026, the credential complements workforce training and employer onboarding. It provides objective confirmation that a learner can competently navigate, document, and complete common EMR workflows in a simulated environment.
Why This Credential Exists
Healthcare employers consistently report that graduates arrive with theoretical knowledge but limited hands-on EMR confidence. At the same time, institutions face constraints around grading consistency, software access, and employer-recognized validation.
The Choice EMR Learning Credential addresses this gap by offering:
- Independent, third-party skills validation
- Performance-based assessment (not multiple-choice theory tests)
- Realistic, workflow-driven EMR simulation
- Vendor-specific and vendor-neutral pathways
- This creates a shared language of competency across colleges, workforce agencies, and employers.
What the Credential Validates
Credential candidates must demonstrate competency across real clinical and administrative EMR workflows, such as:
- Patient registration and chart navigation
- Appointment scheduling and workflow management
- Clinical documentation and charting accuracy
- Order entry, referrals, and task handling
- Billing and coding workflows (where applicable)
- Professional documentation standards and data integrity
All assessments are completed in an education-only simulation environment — no live patient data is ever used.
How the Credential Works
1. Preparation (Optional)
Learners may prepare through college programs, workforce training, employer onboarding, or Choice EMR Learning simulations. Preparation is not mandatory to challenge the credential.
2. Challenge Exam
Candidates complete a timed, proctored, performance-based exam inside a simulated EMR environment. Tasks mirror real workplace scenarios.
3. Independent Evaluation
Results are evaluated against standardized competency benchmarks. This credential is separate from institutional grades.
4. Credential Issued
Successful candidates receive a verifiable digital credential confirming EMR competency.
Who This Credential Is For
- Colleges and post-secondary institutions
- Workforce development & bridging programs
- Newcomer and internationally trained professional pathways
- Healthcare employers and clinics
- Career-transitioning learners
- Instructors seeking independent validation for students
How Institutions Use the Credential
Institutions can use the Choice EMR Learning Credential to:
- Strengthen graduate employability
- Offer optional or capstone validation
- Support PLAR and competency-based education
- Provide employer-recognized outcomes
- Reduce grading subjectivity around software skills
The credential can be positioned as optional, embedded, or post-completion, depending on program needs.
Credential Advisory Committee
We are establishing a Credential Advisory Committee to guide the ongoing development, integrity, and workforce alignment of the Choice EMR Learning Credential.
Advisory Committee Role
Committee members help ensure the credential:
- Reflects real-world clinical and administrative workflows
- Aligns with employer expectations and workforce needs
- Maintains rigorous, fair, and transparent standards
- Evolves alongside EMR system and healthcare practice changes
Who We Invite
We welcome expressions of interest from individuals with experience in:
- Healthcare operations and clinic management
- EMR/EHR implementation or training
- Postsecondary healthcare education
- Workforce development and credentialing
- Employer hiring and onboarding in healthcare settings
Time Commitment
- Semi-annual advisory meeting (virtual)
- Optional input on specific workstreams
Interested in Joining?
If you are interested in joining the Advisory Committee, please email:
Include your name, role, organization, and a brief summary of your relevant experience. We will follow up with additional details.
Launch Timeline
Credential launch: Spring 2026
Initial system: Accuro EMR
Phase 1: Ontario
Additional systems & pathways: Rolling release
Learn More or Get Involved
If you are an institution, workforce program, or employer interested in participating in the credential rollout, pilot cohorts, or advisory input, we’d be happy to connect.
Book a Discovery Call
Email: [email protected]
Frequently Asked Questions
Training is instructional. It focuses on learning content, practicing workflows, and building skills through guided exercises, simulations, and coursework.
Credentialing is independent skills verification. A credential confirms that a learner can competently perform real-world EMR workflows under assessment conditions—regardless of where or how they were trained.
Choice EMR Learning credentials are:
- Performance-based
- Skills-verified
The credential proves you can perform.
Yes.
All Choice EMR Learning credentials are proctored to ensure exam integrity and employer trust.
Proctoring may include:
- Remote proctoring
- Identity verification
- Screen monitoring
- Time-limited, scenario-based tasks performed directly in the EMR simulation
This ensures the credential reflects authentic, individual competency.
Employers can verify credentials through:
- A digital credential badge issued to the learner
- Verification does not require access to learner data or EMR systems.
If a candidate does not pass:
- You may retake the exam after a defined waiting period
- Additional training or practice may be recommended before re-attempting
- There will be a retake fee
The credential is issued upon successful demonstration of all required competencies at a predetermined satisfactory performance threshold.
The first Choice EMR Learning credentials are launching in 2026, beginning with:
- EMR Workflow Competency Credential
- Additional EMR and EHR credentials to follow
Exact availability dates will be posted on this page and shared with participating colleges, workforce programs, and employer partners.
Built for Credibility
The credential exam is one hour long, fully proctored, and built around real-world patient scenarios.
If you already have the skills, you can challenge the exam directly.
If you need the skills, you can take one of our courses or see a participating college.
We’ve also developed provincial versions of the exam to ensure relevance, consistency, and integrity across jurisdictions. Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta.
This credential is ideal for graduates entering the workforce, experienced professionals seeking formal validation, and employers who need verified competency — not assumptions.
Every attempt is graded, reviewed, and quality-checked.
A minimum score of 70% is required to pass.This credential is designed to be fair, rigorous, and defensible — for learners, programs, and employers alike.
If you’re ready to prove your skills — join our waitlist —indicate the province you are in.
We’re excited to help raise the standard for EMR competency.
Launch Timing
Credential Launch: Spring 2026
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No obligation. No payment required.