Congratulations Dr. Bethany Duyser for winning the 2024 GLC Chapter Excellence in Leadership Award

Maria Contreras, Past President, presented the award to Dr. Bethany Duyser at the February 6th, dinner and education meeting at the Palio in Grand Rapids.  

Dr. Duyser is a volunteer member of the steering and planning committee of the Kent County Elder Abuse Coalition. She spoke at their 2024 conference, “Identifying Elder Abuse in a Clinical Encounter,” and in 2023, she spoke at our conference on “Ending Elder Abuse and the Role of the APRN.”  She is also an active member of the Michigan State Team of the Moving Forward National Coalition

Dr. Duyser is the Assistant Director of IMPART Alliance, supporting programs addressing the direct care workforce through advocacy, research, and training. Responsibilities include curriculum development, adult-learner instruction, and continuous improvement of programs. She participates in statewide initiatives to build, professionalize, and improve the work of direct care workers supporting older adults and people with disabilities. Bethany also has experience working as a nurse practitioner with Geriatrics Specialty Care at Spectrum Health Medical Group and providing post-acute and long-term primary care in the nursing home setting. It is this experience that led her to improve direct care worker education.

Bethany is a member of the GLC annual conference committee helping with seeking speakers, organizing the call for posters that includes the development of the announcement and graphic, reaching out to schools of nursing, reviewing abstracts, reaching out to poster presenters regarding acceptance followed by communication of registration and accreditation process.  

Dr. Duyser was also the recipient of the GAPNA Health Affairs Scholarship Award in 2023. 

Congratulations Dr. Duyser.