More Information: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/mcw-advanced-practice-providers/app-fellowship-np-residency-programs/app-centralized-pediatric-fellowship
The Pediatric Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program is a 12-month training program located in Milwaukee, WI at Children’s Wisconsin Hospital that teaches APP fellows to become highly skilled in the inter-professional, collaborative, and evidence-based and evidence-based management of complex and challenging patients.
It is an innovative 12-month curriculum composed of in-person didactics, online classrooms, simulation, proctored procedures and mentored clinical rotations designed to have you prepared for pediatric subspecialty practice or acute/critical care practice. Participants provide specialty health care services within defined scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed physician and in accordance with MCW/FMLH policies and procedures.
*This position is geared towards a new graduate or clinician with less than 1 year of APRN/PA experience
Fellowship Program Experiences Include:
- Professional & leadership skills development
- One year of mentorship into practice
- 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
Key Dates:
Anticipated Start Date: October 2025
Application Deadline: March 31, 2025
Timeline:
- Applications reviewed on a rolling basis until application deadline
- Formal Interviews anticipated for early April
- Final Decisions anticipated for early May
Formal Applications are received via the MCW HR Application:
*Candidates applying will need to include the following:
- CV/Resume
- Letter of Interest
- Educational transcript (unofficial accepted at time of application)
- Three letters of recommendation -at least 1 academic and 1 clinical.
*Documents may be attached to the application or emailed directly to:
Amy Recely, Clinical Program Coordinator III
arecely@childrenswi.org
Fellowship Expectations:
The foundation of this fellowship is built upon the core competencies national benchmarks established by the leading national bodies representing Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant practice.
Medical Knowledge & Patient Care:
Advanced Assessment: Elicits, selects, and integrates information in the care of patients with acute, critical, and/or complex chronic illnesses using physiologic technologic and pharmacologic inputs.
Differential Diagnosis: Makes and prioritizes real and potential conditions based on available data and the complexity and severity of patient condition.
Outcomes Identification: Formulates goals and outcomes using scientific evidence that are consistent with the patient’s wishes and present and potential capabilities.
Plan of Care: Develops, prescribes, and/or modifies an outcomes-focused plan of care with an inter-professional team targeting health care that may be restorative, curative, rehabilitative, maintenance and or end-of-life for patients with complex needs.
Implementation of Treatment: Identifies, prescribes, performs, or delegates therapeutic interventions.
Evaluation of Care: Demonstrates ongoing evaluation of plan of care, recognizing patient response to therapy and change in condition, making modifications and assimilation of care team recommendations.
Systems Based Practice:
Demonstrates functional and technical knowledge and skills to perform the work at the highest level of accomplishment.
Incorporates other resources in system to provide optimal health care.
Professionalism:
Highly motivated, dedicated, emotionally intelligent, confident, and flexible in the clinical practice environment and with changes in the fellowship, and be able to work within a multi-professional team
Practice Based Learning Environment:
Applies current research and evidence-based practice guidelines to own practice.
Educational Responsibility and Engagement:
Assumes responsibility for your education as an active didactic and clinical participant. Participate in all required fellowship, course, and educational activities. Be self-guided and assume responsibility for clinical and professional growth and development. This includes, but is not limited to, journaling, case studies, and other projects.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is an academic partner Children's Wisconsin, the region’s only independent healthcare system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. This free-standing 306-bed children's hospital ranks as one of the top children's hospitals in the United States.
MCW is one of the largest healthcare employers in Wisconsin. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace that includes individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that embracing human differences is critical to realize our vision of a healthier world, and we recognize that a healthy and thriving community starts from within. We strive to integrate our human and social differences into MCW’s functioning, strategies and culture to create a diverse and equitable workplace. If you believe embracing individuality and working together makes us stronger, then MCW is the place for you. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
