Nursing Professional Development
Education for every stage of your professional journey
The UW–Madison Nursing Professional Development delivers continuing education designed by health care teams for health care teams. We partner across the university and the community to bring multiple areas of expertise into the planning process, so we can identify the most important needs and issues and create opportunities that are both educationally sound and relevant to a broader segment of health care professionals.
Continuing Education for Individual Learners
We offer continuing education credit through a single, unified application process, fee structure, and accreditation standards for a wide range of health care professionals, including:
- Nurses
- Dentists & dental hygienists
- Pharmacists
- Physician assistants
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Registered dietitians
- Social workers
Accredited Continuing Education for Organizations
Are you seeking accredited continuing education for your conference or activity? We’re here to help your offering have the most impact.
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Our Reach
45/50
States reached with our activities
17,900
Course registrations by nurses in 2024
11
Healthcare professions accredited
Upcoming Events
2026-2027 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshop
October 2, 2026, January 7, 2027, or May 13, 2027
This workshop will strengthen the competencies graduate clinical preceptors need to create meaningful clinical learning experiences and to mentor, guide, and coach students preparing for advanced clinical roles.
2026 Quad Cities Area APN-PA Alliance Conference: Hot Topics in Healthcare
November 6, 2026
This conference provides actionable, evidence-based strategies and clinical pearls to improve diagnostic accuracy, treatment planning, and patient outcomes.
Self-Paced Workshops
Explore self-paced online training to meet your continuing education needs.
Our Clients
We work with a wide range of companies and organizations, including:
- Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin
- Epic Systems
- Healthy Climate Wisconsin
- Metro Public Health Department, Nashville
- Quad Cities Area APN-PA Alliance
- Ujima United, LLC
- University Health Services, UW–Madison
- Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development
Customer Testimonials
… We were grateful to partner with Nursing Professional Development to ensure [our] program met high standards for continuing education. Their support in securing accreditation for healthcare professionals added meaningful value and credibility to the learning experience.
Nursing Professional Development’s collaborative approach and deep expertise made them an ideal partner, and we would welcome the opportunity to work with them again on future initiatives that support leadership development in healthcare.
We chose to partner with Nursing Professional Development because of their deep expertise in designing high-quality, learner-centered education for health professionals. Their guidance has been instrumental in helping us deliver impactful content that meets learners where they are. Thanks to this collaboration, we now support continuing education across disciplines and around the globe.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the UW–Madison’s Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Support Continuing Education
Your gift to the Signe Skott Cooper Continuing Education fund fosters meaningful professional development programs that benefit practicing nurses in Wisconsin and beyond.
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