Nursing Professional Development

Designed by Teams and for Teams

Interprofessional collaboration and team‐based care are becoming increasingly important to delivering optimal healthcare. Our approach to professional development is to deliver educational opportunities designed by the health care team for the health care team. 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.

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Featured Learning Opportunities

Upcoming Activities

2025-2026 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshop

Virtual Workshop
May 18, 2026

The overarching purpose of this workshop is to prepare graduate clinical preceptors to provide meaningful clinical practice experiences and effectively mentor, guide and coach students as they learn to be physicians, physician associate assistants, or advanced practice registered nurses. Through a series of presentations, discussions, and learning activities, participants will gain knowledge and skills to more effectually precept graduate students in the clinical setting.

All content is geared toward an interprofessional group of providers precepting graduate students in a wide variety of practice populations and settings.

2026 WI Brain Injury Conference

In-Person in Pewaukee, WI
May 18 & 19, 2026

The 37th Annual Conference of the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin will again have both locally and nationally known experts sharing innovative care strategies, how storytelling is healing, and how to find hope in the days, weeks, and years following brain injury.

The Keynote presentations will focus on finding hope, connection, and reframing after tragedy. Three individuals from Iowa will share how they have implemented an Online Brain Injury Screen for those they work with at a homeless shelter. They will also share about a new app they developed to help people who are unhoused gain agency and self-direction when accessing services. Breakouts will include various topics including suicide, the justice system, cognitive decline, behavior, medication issues, as well as psychiatric complications after brain injury.

New to Public Health Residency Program

Online Course

Next traditional cohort starts June 2026

The New to Public Health (N2PH) Residency Program is a first of its kind, 12-month, professional development program designed to support new public health professionals transitioning into a governmental public health agency.

The N2PH Residency Program is the first accredited online residency program for public health professionals in their first year of employment at a local, regional, tribal, state, or federal public health organization.

The registration is limited to those who were accepted into a learning cohort. Click the link to learn more or apply.

Please contact the program facilitators with additional questions at new2publichealth@son.wisc.edu.

About

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 healthcare team.

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Through our collaboration with ICEP, UW–Madison Nursing Professional Development offers continuing education credit not only for nurses, but also for dentists & dental hygienists, pharmacists, physician assistants, physicians, psychologists, registered dietitians, and social workers through a single, unified application process, fee structure, and accreditation standards.

Our Reach

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45/50
States reached with our activities

17,900
Course registrations by nurses in 2024

11
Healthcare professions accredited

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.“

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