Elevate Your Nursing Practice Through Learning

This monthly virtual series is designed to strengthen the skills and confidence of nurses across UPMC. Whether you’re a Director of Nursing Professional Development (NPD), a unit-based educator, a new preceptor, or a unit leader, these sessions provide actionable strategies to tackle real-world teaching challenges and enhance learning outcomes.

Key Topics
    • How People Learn Best
    • Engaging Difficult Learners
    • Using Resource Time Effectively
    • Simulation in Real-Time Learning (WISER)
    • Regulatory Risks & Plans of Correction (DOH/JC)
    • Ethical & Medical Questions Surrounding AI in Health Care
    • Medical Chaperones in Intimate Exams
    • Tips for Onboarding & Orientation
    • Pathway to Excellence vs Magnet
    • Donna Wright Competency Model

Program Series Registration:
1. Click on Request Enrollment or the 1/9/2026 or next session date
2. Register as a participant in only one session
3. You will then be enrolled in the entire series

Program Format

• Frequency: Held on the 2nd Friday of every month
• ANCC Credits: Will be awarded for live, virtual attendance
• Delivery: Virtual sessions via Teams, invites will be sent before the session
• Duration: 60 minutes per session, 12-1 pm,
• Audience: Directors of Nursing Professional Development (NPD), Unit-based educators, new educators or preceptors, Unit-level leaders, and nurses