The fellowship provides one year of postgraduate training for nurse practitioners looking to transition into a new specialty or hone their skills in a specific area of practice. Fellows work closely with physicians, other nurse practitioners, pharmacists, resident physicians and internal medicine subspecialty fellows from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to grow professional expertise in clinical care, research, leadership, didactics and teamwork. Rotations in general internal medicine and cardiology are required. Elective rotations include endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, infectious disease and pulmonology.
Eligible applicants must have graduated from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) or Doctor of Nurse Practitioner (D.N.P.) program prior to the start of the fellowship on September 1, 2023. National board certification must be obtained by August 1, 2023. Applications must be submitted online no later than Monday, March 6, 2023. Applicants selected for interviews will be scheduled in March and April with the final selection of fellows in April.
The program will host a virtual a series of open houses at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, and Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023; and 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. To register, visit https://www.cognitoforms.com/MarshallHealth2/VirtualOpenHouseMarshallHealthInternalMedicineNursePractitionerFellowshipProgram.
The program is an Accredited Practice Transition Program with Distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. To learn more about the nurse practitioner fellowship, visit https://www.marshallhealth.org/npfellowship or e-mail npfellowship@marshall.edu. For news and information about Marshall Health, follow us on Twitter @Marshall_Health, like us on Facebook or visit marshallhealth.org.