2026-2027 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshops

Hybrid - Virtual & In-Person, Live Workshop: Friday, October 2, 2026

Virtual, Live Workshops: Thursday, January 7, 2027 & Thursday, May 13, 2027

Workshops are FREE for any preceptor of a University of Wisconsin–Madison student.

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 purpose of this workshop is to 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. Participants will build skills in promoting critical thinking, assessing student performance, delivering constructive feedback, and supporting learners across multiple domains of patient care. The workshop also develops preceptor competence in managing common challenges such as time constraints and working with disengaged, struggling or resistant students. Additional topics include adapting to diverse learning styles and supporting preceptor well-being and resilience. All content is designed for an interprofessional group of clinicians who precept graduate students across varied practice settings.

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
Social Impact and Belonging: Engage in Self-reflection and Value Culturally Centered Care

Learning Objectives

Following this workshop, learners will be able to:

Select and apply at least two evidence-based strategies to facilitate critical thinking in graduate-level learners, demonstrating effective use through teaching examples or simulated interactions.
Analyze and critique communication behaviors modeled by workshop faculty, identifying strengths and areas for improvement, and justify recommendations using principles of effective preceptor-learner communication.
Develop and implement actionable strategies to address common precepting challenges and demonstrate effective problem-solving through scenario-based application.
Integrate and demonstrate telemedicine-specific precepting strategies such as virtual patient assessment guidance, privacy considerations, and remote clinical coaching within simulated teaching encounters.
Conduct a structured self-assessment of personal background, learning preferences, and potential biases and apply tailored strategies to create an inclusive learning environment that supports diverse learner needs.
Apply evidence-based approaches to recognize, prevent and address moral distress in oneself and others, and demonstrate use of at least two well-being practices that sustain resilience in the preceptor role.
Adapt precepting strategies to align with the scope, competencies, and role expectations of interprofessional learners, and demonstrate effective coaching that supports discipline-specific and team-based outcomes.

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:

06/22/2026

Course expires:

06/30/2027

Cost:

$0.00

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 Debrief
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 School of Nursing and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.

In-Person Location

The hybrid workshop will be held in-person at the UW–Madison School of Nursing (Signe Skott Cooper Hall) as well as via Zoom.

Webcast Link

Learners will be sent a Zoom 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.

Planners and Faculty

Name	Role	Title/Affiliation
Sarah Endicott, DNP, APNP, GNP-BC	Clinical Director/Planning Committee Chair, Speaker/Author	Clinical Professor, UW-Madison School of Nursing
Pamela McGranahan, DNP, RN	Planning Committee Member, Speaker/Author	Clinical Professor, UW–Madison School of Nursing
Teri Pipe, PhD, RN	Speaker/Author	Professor of Practice, UW–Madison School of Nursing
Beverly Speece, MTS, PA-C	Planning Committee Member, Speaker/Author	Clinical Faculty, UW–Madison PA Program
Anne Thatcher, DNP, MSW, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LMSW	Speaker/Author
Caitlin Weitzel, ACNP, APNP	Speaker/Author
Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD	Planning Committee Member, Speaker/Author	Clinical Assistant Professor, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Nina Berge, BA	Accreditation Specialist	Continuing Education Specialist, UW–Madison School of Nursing

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 the 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.

This accredited continuing education activity is focused on non-clinical topics — Faculty Development, Leadership and Communication Skills. As such, no persons in a position to control content have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

*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.

Discloser List CME Internal Report

Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements

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

See individual sessions for credit information.

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$0.00Included

2026-2027 Graduate Clinical Preceptor Development Workshops