ϰϲͼ APP Centralized Pediatric Fellowship
About Our Fellowship
Our mission and vision
Mission
- To prepare APPs with the highest quality patient care and leadership skills who practice as professional members of a pediatric collaborative team
Vision
- Pioneer a centralized approach to:
- Systems based thinking, clinical acumen, and enhanced professional competencies
- Strengthen critical thinking skills along with confidence during transition to practice
- Expose inter-professional roles, team-based care, and variety of patient populations
- Recruit and retain highly talented and motivated APPs
Who should be interested in a centralized pediatric fellowship?
- APPs with interest in advancing their clinical skills to assess, diagnose, and treat pediatric patients in a variety of clinical settings.
- APPs interested in transitioning to practice in a mentored environment to build a professional network and clarify through experience a best fit for clinical practice and starting their career.
Fellowship experiences include:
- Professional & leadership skills development
- Academic training through scholarly project
- Clinical experiences tailored to meet your training needs & professional goals:
- Combined pediatric medical & surgical subspecialty experience
- Acute/critical care inpatient experiences
What are the benefits of a centralized pediatric fellowship?
- An intense, quality onboarding and training experience in complex, quaternary pediatric sub-specialty patient care providing the time, exposure, hands on learning, and mentorship for novice APPs to promote a successful transition to practice.
- Guided learning in mentored clinical rotations across many clinical areas, including inpatient and outpatient rotations in both medical and surgical specialties.
- Exposure to inter professional roles, APP contributions to team based care, and a variety of pediatric specialty patient populations
- Professional and leadership development to enhance confidence in transition to practice, promote resiliency and personal growth, and prepare APPs to navigate the complex and ever changing healthcare environment
- Opportunity provided to develop a wide range of clinical and critical thinking skills and professional development with application across diverse clinical specialties.
- APP fellows receive stipend, educational funds, standard ϰϲͼ APP benefits, and post-fellowship recruitment opportunities.
Program highlights
- 12 Month program
- Start date: September 2024
- Three (3) APPs accepted for each cohort
- Option to focus training in specialty care or acute/critical care
Key Fellowship Experiences
- General pediatric experiences may include medical & pediatric surgical inpatient and ambulatory subspecialties
- Core curriculum and rotations with elective rotation opportunities
- "Ala carte" elective options so the experience can be tailored to fellow's interest areas
- Professional & leadership skill development paired with APP professional mentor
- Scholarly experience with project completion at the end of fellowship
Core Educational Structure
How to apply
Eligibility Requirements
NP
- Completion of an accredited nurse practitioner master’s or doctoral program prior to the start of the fellowship
- National board certification preference for pediatric or family nurse practitioner
- Eligible for licensure as a NP in Wisconsin
- Eligible for a DEA license
- Acceptable criminal background check
PA
- Completion of an accredited physician assistant’s master’s program prior to the start of the fellowship
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants certified
- Eligible for licensure as a PA in Wisconsin
- Eligible for a DEA license
- Acceptable criminal background check
Application Details
Application Deadline: March 31, 2024 for anticipated September 2024 start date
Interviews
- Candidates who have completed their entire application will be reviewed by the fellowship selections committee
- Top candidates will be identified for an HR interview
- In person interviews with the fellowship team and tour of the facility is offered after HR interview for select candidates
Application
- Complete the .
- Submit to Human Resources:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Education Transcripts from the masters/doctorate nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
- Three letters of recommendation
- Reference letters should address clinical experience, clinical knowledge & critical thinking, professionalism, and learning ability.
- At least 1 academic and 1 clinical reference is required
- One-page statement of interest in postgraduate fellowship training within pediatrics
- If you have any questions, please contact our provider recruiter, Lauren Martin at (414) 955-5702 or via email at appfellowship@mcw.edu.
Fellowship benefits
In addition to standard APP Fellowship Benefits, Pediatric Fellowship Benefits include:
- Basic Life Support (BCLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Professional Expense budget for eligible reimbursement
FAQs for Pediatric Fellowship
Contact Us
APP Fellowship Recruitment
Tara Merck
tmerck@mcw.edu