Professional Development
Upstate provides employees with various training, educational, and professional development opportunities. Furthermore, our Resources & Links page offers access to numerous helpful websites.
Advanced Practice Grand Rounds
Advanced Practice is pleased to offer our monthly Grand Rounds events, tailored for NPs, PAs, NP and PA students, DOs, and MDs.
For further details, please contact Tiffany Senke ([email protected]).
Advanced Practice Symposium
The Symposium welcomes participation from local MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs, CNSs, nurses, residents, fellows, and students alike.
For more information: Advanced Practice Symposium
Estimated time to complete this educational activity: approximately 8 hours.
Feel free to share this information with your friends and colleagues!
For further details, please contact Chris Lopez at [email protected].
Advanced Practice Student Program
SUNY Upstate Grand Rounds
SUNY Upstate presents "Grand Rounds," offering Advanced Practice Clinicians an exceptional chance to gain insights directly from Content Matter Experts on complex medical topics. Attendance at a Grand Round lecture earns 1.0 Continuing Education Credit. To maintain Medical Staff credentialing, all Advanced Practice Clinicians must complete 25 CEUs annually. If you attend a Grand Round lecture, please ensure you sign in and keep a personal record of the event for convenient documentation submission to Medical Staff as needed.
For a listing of CME credits you have earned, please submit a CME Transcript Request form.
Brightspace
Online course system for both mandatory and optional training modules for Upstate staff.
Continuing Medical Education
There are several external resources available for professional development and continuing medical education (CME).
- Advanced Practice Education Associates (APEA)
- Practicing Clinicians Exchange (PCE)
- UpToDate (sign in with Upstate login; downloadable App for remote use)
- The Medical Letter
- Medscape for Nurses
- Prime Continuing Medical Education
- NetCE - Continuing Education Online
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Related Professional Development Links:
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State (NPA)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Resources | ANA (nursingworld.org)
Physician Assistant (PA) Professional Development Related Links:
- American Academy of Physician Assistants
- New York State Society of Physician Assistants
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants