Practice Doctorate Resource Center

NONPF Perspective

Key Presentations on the Practice Doctorate

28th Annual NONPF Meeting

On Sunday, April 14, 2002, during the 28th Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, NONPF held a plenary session on The Clinical Doctorate: Innovation or Disruption?.  This session included a discussion of the issues in health care spurring the development of the new clinical doctorate for NP preparation, the variations among existing and proposed programs, the value added for NP preparation, and the implications for the structure of nurse practitioner education.  Click on the name of the speakers below to view their slides from the session.

• Mary O'Neil Mundinger, RN, DrPH, Dean, Centennial Professor in Health Policy, School of Nursing, Columbia University

• Julie Sebastian, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, Assistant Dean for Advanced Practice Nursing, Director of the MSN and DNP Programs, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center.

• Cheryl Stegbauer, PhD, FNP, Professor, Director of Academic Programs, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Teleweb Conference
The Clinical Doctorate in Nursing:
Future or Fringe

On Friday, November 22, 2002, NONPF held a Teleweb Conference on The Clinical Doctorate in Nursing: Future or Fringe.  Check the Teleweb page for full details of that conference, including the speaker's slides and the results of an audience questionnaire.