Program Description: 

The APP Education Series offers diverse topics from clinical-based knowledge, pharmacological updates, professional development, and leadership skills targeted to the APP population.

Key Words: APP, Clinical, Professional Development, Leadership, APP Grand Rounds

Target audience: 
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Physician Assistant
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

APP Practice & Role

  • Analyze the impact of scope of practice for the Advanced Practice Providers (APP) professions on patient care.
  • Demonstrate best practices for healthcare professional roles and practice.
  • Describe the integration of APPs into the healthcare and management systems.
  • Demonstrate APP professionalism and support others to grow professionalism skills and awareness.
  • Recognize strategies to enhance the APP role in team-based practice including interprofessional communication and best practices for team models.

Career Journey I & II

  • Compare career development opportunities and career pathways for APPs.
  • Prepare professional goals and identify opportunities that align your career and professional development goals.
  • Design an approach for professional representation including resume development, professional portfolios, and interview approaches.
  • APP Fellows: Create a post-fellowship job transition plan, including a professional representation approach.

Problem Solving

  • Apply problem solving tools into everyday problem solving scenarios.
  • Collaborate with team members to Identify problems in everyday work and identify potential solutions.
  • Apply problem solving and change management strategies to address an identified opportunity.

Personal Development & Reflection

  • Describe effective mentorship strategies; Plan for being a mentor or mentee.
  • Identify key literature and tools for self reflection and mentorship and Create a plan for future professional development.
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Jessica M. Grusnick MHPE, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Co-director OBGYN clerkship
Office of Advanced Practice Director of Education and Scholarship
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Speakers:
Sarah Vanderlinden, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA
Assistant Chief Advanced Practice Officer, APP Fellowship Director
Medical College Physicians
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Jennifer McMahon, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Associate APP Fellowship Director
Medical College Physicians
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Jennifer Mahaffey, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Director
Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Jamie Silkey, MBA, MHA, PA-C
Chief Advanced Practice Officer
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery 
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Stephanie Ludtke, MPAS, PA-C
APP Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Director
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery 
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Andrea Bequest, MPAS, PA-C
APP Hospitalist Fellowship Program Director
Division of Multispecialty Hospitalist Medicine
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of 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. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Jessica Grusnick, PA-C
  • Sarah Vanderlinden DMSc, PA-C
  • Jen McMahon. AGACNP
  • Jamie Silkey, MBA, MHA, PA-C
  • Stephanie Ludtke, PA-C
  • Andrea Bequest, PA-C

 

Contact

Name: 
Michelle Washburn

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 4.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

 AANP Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 4.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0.0 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.
Session date: 
01/29/2026 - 8:00am to 4:00pm CST
Location: 
HUB 9th floor
WI 53226
United States
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 4.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 4.00 NP Contact Hours
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