{"id":13509,"date":"2026-04-20T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/?post_type=campus_story&p=13509"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:15:07","slug":"uw-oshkosh-nursing-students-among-first-to-try-new-electronic-health-record-platform-from-epic","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-oshkosh-nursing-students-among-first-to-try-new-electronic-health-record-platform-from-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Oshkosh nursing students among first to try new electronic health record platform from Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lyceum, a program by Epic, allows University of Wisconsin\u2013Oshkosh nursing students to receive instruction on electronic health records early in their educational journey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

University of Wisconsin\u2013Oshkosh nursing students are staying a step ahead as they learn the latest technology that allows seamless communication between doctors, nurses and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epic, a Wisconsin-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) company, is well known by patients and healthcare providers. Its newest program offering, Lyceum, gives medical and nursing students a quality introduction to an electronic health record early in their education. Lyceum allows students to practice documenting and building a patient\u2019s health care story, including such data as medications and doses, tests and results, procedures and allergies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select company<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most students historically don\u2019t get this type of EHR practice until they are providing real patient care. UW-Oshkosh is one of the first in the nation\/globally (and the very first public university nursing program) to use Lyceum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training at UWO began in fall 2024 when the College of Nursing (now College of Nursing, Health Professions, and STEM), began a pilot of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UW-Oshkosh students are among the first to try a new electronic record platform from Epic\u2014its newest program offering, Lyceum. Matthew Perkins, foreground, who hails from Fitchburg, is a Junior 1 nursing student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Lyceum, participating medical and nursing schools receive their own Epic \u201cenvironment,\u201d configured with standardized patients that allow each student the opportunity to practice using a real EHR across common patient care scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLyceum helps nursing students connect their classroom learning and clinical skill development with the HER tools they\u2019ll use throughout their careers. As one of its first adopters, UWO is showing how schools can give new nurses a stronger foundation from day one,\u201d said Paul Hogseth, Lyceum lead at Epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UWO students are graduating with highly-sought, career-ready skills\u2014Lyceum is being employed alongside expert faculty instruction in emerging technology including virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Students can tell potential employers\u2014including those at their clinical sites\u2014they are competent in the use of Epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ping Li, nursing informatics theory faculty and clinical informatics manager\u2013WI Central Region at Advocate Aurora Healthcare, said UWO nursing students not only have the knowledge and confidence in their future job interviews regarding the use of EHR Epic, its design and functionalities, but also when they start orientation in their new role as an RN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are ahead of other new nurses in terms of using Epic\u2014rational behind certain workflow designs and processes as they\u2019ve had the opportunity to practice and become competent in the Lyceum Epic platform while a student at the UWO School of Nursing and Health Professions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Megan Schopf, a UW-Oshkosh Junior 1 nursing student from Milwaukee, practices injections in a recent skills exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational springboard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since  fall 2024, UWO nursing sophomores got the chance to use Lyceum in their classroom, lab and in simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dustin Branton of Mauston, said he appreciated receiving Lyceum training as a student, before starting his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a little intimidating at first\u2014it was kind of in-depth\u2014but after having an introduction to it, I feel a lot more confident,\u201d Branton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seon Yoon Chung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean Chung said one of the roles of the nurse is to enter verbal medication orders given by the provider in limited urgent situations. It requires the nurse to attend to every detail of a medication order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students are shown how a medication order is entered in the EHR, including details such as dosage, route, order mode, and provider name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branton said starting Lyceum training during sophomore II semester was ideal. He and other students learned the flow of Epic and its implementation, making the journey at clinical sites a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a leg up on learning,\u201d he said about the unique opportunity at UWO.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branton said he likes taking care of people and he is interested in the physiology of the body. After earning his Bachelor of Science in nursing, he hopes to continue his education to become a nurse practitioner. His goal is to work for UW Health in Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career-ready<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lyceum training creates a forward-thinking, dynamic educational experience for students who benefit from true-to-life experiences throughout their nursing training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal is for our students to be proficient with the use of EHR,\u201d said Dean Seon Yoon Chung. \u201cIt is an integral part of the work that nurses (and really all health care professionals) do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By providing students with experience using a real EHR early in their education, they are better prepared for future careers when they will be expected to use the EHR every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is amazing that Wisconsin has this global leader in healthcare and that UW-Oshkosh nursing students are able to be a part of learning with the Lyceum tool,\u201d said Polly Anderson, simulation coordinator and senior lecturer. \u201cNursing students from UWO can leverage the knowledge gained through the early utilization of this tool to become the leaders and drivers of health care for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study nursing at UWO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Written by Laurie Schlosser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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