What Edna Gilliam has said about Professional certification versus competency verification
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026
Edna Gilliam, Assistant vice president of perioperative services and sterile processing at a Delaware hospital system; OR nurse by background, has been quoted on Professional certification versus competency verification once in 1 episode of Bred To Lead, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gilliam recounts that the assessment results were eye-opening for long-tenured staff, who initially rejected the test before coming on board.
“To people that have been doing this muscle memory every day for many, many years, it was eye-opening”
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Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the ORBred To Lead · Oct 23, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
At a live conference session, Jake Tayler Jacobs and Edna Gilliam argue that sterile processing needs verified workforce development, not just certification or temporary staffing.
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