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 Workshops
January 15, 2026, & 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.

New to Public Health Residency Program

Online Course

Next traditional cohort starts September 2025

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 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.

2026 WI Brain Injury Conference

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

We are busy planning for the 37th Annual Brain Injury Conference at the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Our theme this year will be: “Brain Injury: Hope and Healing for Today and Tomorrow.”

We are thrilled to announce that our 1st Keynote will be David Grant. He is a person with lived experience and a prolific author as well as a virtual brain injury support group host.

We are looking for ideas and proposals for other presentations. If you are interested in presenting, please consider sending in your ideas.

Please consider sending in a proposal by December 1, 2025. We are looking forward to expanding our range of choices and hearing new ideas at our conference. Please use the link above to send us your presentation proposal. We will notify successful applicants by December 19, 2025.

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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