Sue
Wenker,
PT, PhD, MS, FNAP
Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Susan Wenker is the Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at UW Madison and an Associate Professor (CHS) in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She earned her BS at UW-La Crosse and her master’s and PhD degrees at UW-Madison through the School of Education. In addition to administrative responsibilities, she teaches in the University of Wisconsin-Madison DPT program, is a trainer for the Credentialed Clinical Instructor Course, is involved in the Kern National Network for Flourishing for interprofessional health students, and serves on the ACAPT IPE taskforce along with multiple campus committees for teaching, leadership, and interprofessional programming.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE) and the UW–Madison Teaching Academy have partnered to offer the Joint Teaching Academy and UW CIPE Distinguished Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) Fellowship. Distinguished fellowships are awarded to faculty members, academic staff, and professional students in recognition of their excellence in IPE teaching, practice, research, and/or leadership at UW–Madison and beyond. The Joint Dual IPE Distinguished Fellowship lasts for a period of five years with a possibility for renewal as a…
The Healthy Aging Initiative was born through the initial funding through the CDC-funded Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Disease Project in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Health. This funding created, and now supports the Interprofessional Learning Community Caregiving Badge (IPL Badge). The IPL Badge led by UW CIPE at UW–Madison, was initially funded as a 3-year telehealth community placement project, added the simulation learning, Advanced Dementia Interprofessional Clinical Simulation (ADICS), in Fall 2022 and recently this project was…