The Author

Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN

Dr. Lenburg, Loewenberg Chair of Excellence in the School of Nursing, University of Memphis from 1997-1999, worked with the nursing faculty to convert the BSN program to the competency outcomes and performance assessment model and methods. She also is consultant to the nursing faculty of the University of Colorado Health Science Center to integrate the model into its range of four degree programs (BSN, MSN, ND, and PhD), and into all UC-SON Internet courses. She also is ongoing consultant to the newly developing BSN program at King College (Bristol TN), implementing the COPA Model from the outset. From 1973-1991 she coordinated the development, implementation and evaluation of the New York Regents College External Degree Nursing Program.