Amy Kuebler, APNP, Receives Aspirus OME Mission Award

For the 7th year, the Office of Medical Education (OME) is recognizing the collaboration and contributions made by Aspirus Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) as clinical teachers for medical students and advanced practice clinician students. These Physicians and APCs recognize the importance of training up the next generation of medical professionals and embody the Mission, Vision, and Values of Aspirus. 

 

This year’s Mission Award goes to Amy Kuebler, a family nurse practitioner with Aspirus Crandon Clinic. 

 

As a clinical teacher, Kuebler demonstrates a passion to train advanced practice students or medical students recognizing it as the right thing to do to help heal people, promote health and strengthen communities. 

 

One nurse practitioner student said, “Her reputation as a nurse practitioner who loves teaching preceded our first day together. She introduced our time this semester with the expectation that I will learn a lot as a student, she expects me to make mistakes, and that my clinical time is when I should be making mistakes. This is the best way to learn. She laid out her expectations of me, which allowed us to agree upon goals. You can tell she has precepted NP students many times, and she has a system that works for both her and the student. I expect to be challenged this semester, but I also feel so supported by Amy, regardless of the mistakes I am bound to make. She is nonjudgmental but is knowledgeable and willing to share her knowledge. She shared that she is advocating for an NP residency-type program at Aspirus, which would massively benefit new grad NPs and PAs. I am terrified of practicing on my own, and if an employer offered me a residency program, I'd be all in. We NEED to feel supported as new grads! Amy has vision of what is needed for practice, and she finds joy in her calling. She shared that if she didn't help me learn how to document efficiently, in addition to learning all the didactic information and skills I need to learn, she would be doing me a disservice, as I would find it difficult to find joy as an NP. Time management, documentation, as well as accurate assessment and diagnosis skills are what NP students need. Amy is teaching all of these with joy as she excels as a clinician. Aspirus and her patients are lucky to have her!”