2025-2026 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshops

In-Person, Live Workshop: Friday, September 19, 2025

Virtual, Live Workshops: Thursday, January 15, 2026 & Monday, May 18, 2026

Workshops are FREE for Current and Former University of Wisconsin–Madison Preceptors.

Contact your Preceptor Coordinator or Nina Berge ([email protected]) for more information.

"This amazing workshop should be required of all new faculty/preceptors! The topics were EXTREMELY relevant, the content was engaging, and the format provided numerous pearls that I have brought back to my own faculty. Bravo!"

—Daniel W. Knoch, MD, Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development (UW–Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)

Statement of Need and Purpose

Advance practice provider (APP) training programs rely on high quality graduate clinical preceptors to provide real-world clinical experiences and socialize students to the role of the APP. Nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and physician training programs often do not include preceptor development. Many graduate clinical preceptors have never received formal preceptor training and feel deficient in their ability to set goals, create an adequate learning environment, provide feedback, and evaluate student performance in a busy clinic setting.

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.

Course content includes strategies to promote critical thinking, assess student learning, provide feedback, and precept students within the multiple areas of patient care. Common precepting challenges are also addressed, including time management, working with disengaged, challenging, struggling and/or resistant students. Additional topics include student learning styles, preceptor well-being, resiliency, team support, and information on the UW–Madison nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs. All content is geared toward an interprofessional group of providers precepting graduate students in a wide variety of practice populations and settings.

Practicing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners all serve as preceptors for graduate level student providers; however, these preceptors may not be aware of what the varying provider education entails generating confusion and frustration. Another focus of this program includes content to fill the gaps of interdisciplinary precepting. In the interest of enhancing interprofessional communication and collaboration, and based on interest from physician colleagues, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, this workshop continues to provide a forum to learn, enhance, grow, and challenge a wide range of preceptors from a variety of backgrounds, interests, and skill levels.

Intended Audience

This workshop is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physicians and other health care providers who precept graduate students in their clinical practice.

Elements of Competence

This educational activity is designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competency areas:

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/Nursing: Practice-based learning and improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Professionalism
National Academy of Medicine (NAM)/Nursing: Employ evidence-based practice
Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competencies: Roles/Responsibilities, Interprofessional communication, and Teams and Teamwork
Social Impact and Belonging: Engage in Self-reflection and Value Culturally Centered Care

Learning Objectives

Following this workshop, learners will be able to:

Describe two techniques to promote the development of critical thinking in graduate-level learners.
Evaluate preceptor and graduate learner communication as demonstrated by workshop faculty.
Propose actions to productively address common challenges in precepting clinical learners.
Summarize precepting strategies to use when delivering healthcare through telemedicine.
Appraise own background and learning style to mitigate bias and better support diverse student learners.
Describe strategies to prevent and treat moral distress and promote preceptor well-being.
Tailor precepting approach to align with the projected scope and role of interprofessional students.

Successful Completion

Learners will participate in Lectures with Q&As and cased-based and small-group discussions that focus on real world experiences. Pre- and post-activity scenario-based tests and evaluations are required.

Course summary

Registration opens:

07/18/2025

Course expires:

07/03/2026

Cost:

$100.00

Rating:

Agenda

Session Time	Topics/Highlights
8:00 – 8:15 AM	Introductions Introductions of speakers/organizers/learners
8:15 – 8:30 AM	Preceptor experiences (breakout)
8:30 – 9: 20 AM	Time Management Structuring Time Smartly Setting Expectations & Boundaries Using Mini-Teaching Learning Happens Everywhere Perspective Control of session video
9:20 – 9:30 AM	Break
9:30-10:20 AM	Critical Thinking Critical thinking video Tools for Teaching Critical Thinking The “One Minute Preceptor” Technique Introduce OMP, SNAPPS, Thinking Aloud Method NONPF Preceptor Video
10:20-10:30	Break
10:30-11:20 AM	Evaluation and Feedback Diagnosing the Learner Explore GRADE & RIME Evaluation Techniques Levels of Feedback Role-play on One Minute Preceptor (OMP) Model DebriefDebrief
11:20-12:00 PM	Learner Styles VARK learning styles Generational Differences and Perspectives Bridging the Gaps Learner styles survey
12:00-12:30 PM	Lunch
12:30-1:50 PM	Motivation and Challenging Preceptee Primary & Secondary Prevention The Unsafe Student & the SOAP Approach Increasing Student Motivation & Self-Efficacy Case studies
1:50 – 2:00 PM	Break
2:00 - 2:30 PM	Preceptor Wellbeing / Resiliency & Team Support What Moral Distress and Burn Out Look Like Coping, Energy, and Resilience Model of Stress Pathways & the Stress Response Finding Your Values
2:30 - 3:15 PM	Precepting Strategies for Telemedicine Know your Technology Consent & Setting the Stage Professionalism In-basket Management
3:15 – 3:30 PM	Wrap-up Summary Question & Answer

Program Changes

Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin-Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.

In-Person & Virtual LIVE Webcasts

United States

In-Person Location

The in-person workshop will be at the UW–Madison School of Nursing (Signe Skott Cooper Hall).

Webcast Link

Learners will be sent a link to the virtual workshop they have registered for prior to the webcast.

Required Hardware/Software

Free, current version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge with audio and video capabilities. Some older browsers and Microsoft Explorer could produce error messages or not display the content correctly.

Faculty

Sarah Endicott, DNP, APNP, GNP-BC, Clinical Professor, UW-Madison School of Nursing

Sarah Endicott is a board-certified geriatric nurse practitioner with experience in adult medicine and memory diagnostic centers. She is the population lead for the Adult/Gerontology Primary Care DNP Cohort. In addition to teaching, Dr. Endicott maintains a clinical practice in skilled nursing facilities in rural Wisconsin. Her interests include advanced care planning and the education and support of caregivers for people living with dementia.

Jessica Leiberg, PhD(c), DNP, ACNP, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, DNP Program Director, UW–Madison School of Nursing

Jessica Leiberg is a board-certified nurse practitioner in acute care adult medicine and population lead for the Adult/Geriatric Acute Care DNP track at UW–Madison School of Nursing. Jessica’s clinical practice has focused on abdominal transplant and neurosurgery. Her dissertation work evaluates the implementation of caring pedagogy in online class settings, with scholarly activity investigating student grit, disparity in nurse educator pay, and nurse coping in crisis situations. Additionally, she is the Program Director for the UW School of Nursing’s DNP program.

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Pam McGranahan, DNP, RN, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing

Pamela McGranahan, DNP, RN, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing

Pam has advanced practice certifications in public health and psychiatric mental health nursing. Her rich professional nursing career has included emergency room nursing, public health, and nursing leadership. Pam’s scholarly interests focus on racial disparities in health, patient education, and clinicians’ understanding of the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma. She is an Associate Clinical Professor with the School of Nursing.

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Teri Pipe, PhD, RN, Professor of Practice, UW–Madison School of Nursing

Teri Pipe, PhD, RN is the Richard E. Sinaiko Professor in Health Care Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing and core faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. Dr. Pipe is Dean Emerita of the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University, where she served as Dean from 2011-2018 and as University-wide ASU Chief Well-Being Officer from 2017-2021. She was the Founding Director of ASU’s Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience. Her work focuses on implications of well-being within and beyond the healthcare and higher education sectors. Dr. Pipe is an expert on nursing leadership with a focus on interprofessionalism, bringing nurses together with physicians and other health professionals, businesspeople, and policy makers, to help redesign and improve well-being at individual, organizational, and societal levels. Her research interests include: well-being in professional and clinical populations, preventive and protective well-being strategies, and aging. She is a sought-after speaker on the topics of well-being, leadership, mindfulness, clinician workforce wellness, and compassion.

Beverly Speece, MTS, PA-C, Clinical Faculty, UW–Madison PA Program

Speece first joined the UW–Madison PA Program in 2005 as a course coordinator for clinical medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine, and the professional issues for physician assistants and assumed the responsibility of Director of Clinical Education in May 2013. She resumed her clinical faculty role in 2024.

Speece is a 1997 graduate of UW–LaCrosse’s first Physician Assistant Program, and her background prior to PA school involved teaching various science courses at Madison College, working in an intensive care unit and volunteering as an EMT. Clinically, Speece has worked five years in family practice in the Twin Cities, 10 years in emergency medicine in Madison and Milwaukee and one year in cardiology in Milwaukee.

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Anne Thatcher, DNP, MSW, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LMSW

Dr. Anne Thatcher is a board-certified and doctorly prepared Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) offering psychiatric diagnostic assessment, medication management and psychotherapy to children, adults and geriatric patients via telehealth. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and French at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, a Masters in Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes—Jewish College, a Doctor of Nursing Practice at the University of Missouri—St. Louis and is currently working on a PhD in Nursing at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her nurse practitioner residency training at the St. Louis VA Medical Centers and Compass Health Network-a Federally Qualified Health Center. She then worked as a PMHNP at the St. Louis VA Medical Center working inpatient, outpatient and on the Consult and Liaison team. She has an expertise at caring for patients experiencing mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, psychotic disorders, trauma and stress related disorders, ADHD, addictions, chronic pain, dementia, reproductive mental health issues, and those with complex psychiatric and medical comorbidities. Additionally, Dr. Thatcher has been an Instructor at Saint Louis University, an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where she directed the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track of the DNP program, and a Curriculum Design Consultant and Adjunct Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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Caitlin Weitzel, ACNP, APNP, Clinical Instructor, UW–Madison School of Nursing

Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Siobhan Wilson is a faculty member in the Division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Her honors include the UW Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, UW Department of Medicine Star Educator Award (UW Department of Medicine), and UW Department of Medicine Star Clinician Award.

Dr. Wilson serves as a coach and clinical preceptor for 1st and 2nd year medical students in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and as a continuity clinic attending and educator for Internal Medicine residents. In addition, Dr. Wilson teaches clinician education and firearm injury prevention skills locally and regionally to multi-disciplinary audiences.

Planning Committee

Stacy Davison, PA Clinical Education Coordinator, UW–Madison PA Program	Pamela McGranahan, DNP, RN, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing
Emily Jumper, Specialist-APP Education & Professional Development, UW Health-Office of Advanced Practice Providers	Beverly Speece, MTS, PA-C, Clinical Faculty, UW–Madison PA Program
*Jessica Leiberg, PhD(c), DNP, ACNP, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, DNP Program Director, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

* Workshop Chair

Policy on Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies** held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.

For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.

** Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies

Name	Role	Financial Relationship Disclosures	Discussion of Unlabeled/ Unapproved uses of drugs/ devices in presentation?
Nina Berge, BA, Continuing Education Specialist, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Committee Member	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Stacy Davison, PA Clinical Education Coordinator, UW–Madison PA Program	Planner	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Sarah Endicott, DNP, APNP, GNP-BC, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Sue Gaard, MS, RN, Director, Nursing Professional Development, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Committee Member	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Emily Jumper, Specialist-APP Education & Professional Development, UW Health-Office of APPs	Planner	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Jessica Leiberg, PhD(c), DNP, ACNP, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, DNP Program Director, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Workshop Chair	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Pamela McGranahan, DNP, RN, Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Planner, Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN, NPD-BC, Manager, Nursing Professional Development, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Committee Member	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Teri Pipe, PhD, RN, Professor of Practice, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Rob Poehnelt, BA, Continuing Education Specialist, UW–Madison School of Nursing	Committee Member	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Beverly Speece, MTS, PA-C, Clinical Faculty, UW–Madison PA Program	Planner, Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Anne Thatcher, DNP, MSW, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LMSW	Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Caitlin Weitzel, ACNP, APNP	Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No
Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD. Clinical Assistant Professor, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health	Planner, Speaker/Author	No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose	No

Discloser List CME Internal Report

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison 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.

Credit Designation Statements

See individual sessions for credit information.

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2025-2026 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshops