Sean Sibley, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, NP-BC, CNE

Sean (he/him) is a first-generation college graduate from Lincoln, Maine. His passions are facilitating learning and partnering with patients in their health and wellness journeys as a primary care provider. He is a proud UMaine alumni and is privileged in his continued involvement in the college community as a faculty member and employed nurse practitioner on campus at Northern Light Primary Care at the University of Maine. Sean and his family live on a small farm operation.

3 most recent pubs and/or honors:

  1. College of Earth, Life, and Health. Sciences Outstanding Faculty Clinical Sciences Award – 2023
  2. Sibley, S., Robinson, K., Fairman, J., Nye, C., Poirier, P., & Strout, K. Preparing for Clinical Placements and Transition to Practice With Objective Structured Clinical Examinations: A Qualitative Study of Family Nurse Practitioner Students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 97, 101636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101636 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101636]
  3. Sibley, S., Strout, K., & Bonnet, J. (2024). Effectiveness of objective structured clinical examinations and standardized patient simulations for increasing learner knowledge in family nurse practitioner education: A systematic review of the literature. Nursing Education Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001280 [https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001280]

Current service/community outreach/other: Sean serves as the advisor to the University of Maine Senior Skull Society, Sophomore Owl Society, and President of the Maine Beta Upsilon Building Association housing the Alpha Tau Omega chapter. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Maine Nurse Practitioner Association.

Clinical specialty/research focus: Sean is a family medicine educated FNP with special clinical interests and experience in student health, integrated mental health care, and LGBTQ+ sensitive care. His research experience and topics include healthy aging, prevention and eearly detection of cognitive decline, nurse practitioner workforce development, inclusive teaching design, and simulation-based education. Visit Sean’s Research Gate profile [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean-Sibley].