APP Critical Care Fellowship

• APPs with interest in advancing their clinical skills to assess, diagnose, and treat complex, critically ill patients.
• 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.
  
  

• Critical care is intense, diverse, complex, and requires hands on learning and time to develop competency and confidence.
• Structured experiences are great for new graduates or transitioning to a new practice area.
• Mentored learning in mentored clinical rotations across five (5) ICUS and in specialty rotations.
• Provides the opportunity to develop a wide range of clinical and critical thinking skills and professional development with application across diverse clinical specialties.
• APP fellows receive stipend, reimbursement for eligible, pre-approved professional expenses, standard MCW APP benefits, and post-fellowship recruitment incentives.

• 12 month program
• Fall and Spring start dates
• Up to 5 fellows annually, split between cohorts

Education for the APP Critical Care Fellowship program is supported by an APP, MD, and education coordinator leadership team in addition to APP and MD specialists and educators from all critical care specialties and key acute care rotations. Current and past APP fellows enhance the fellowship team through their commitment to learning and engagement.

Eligibility Requirements

NP

• Completion of an accredited nurse practitioner master’s or doctoral program
• Eligible for National board certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult/Geriatric 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
• Eligible for National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants certification
• Eligible for licensure as a PA in Wisconsin
• Eligible for a DEA license
• Acceptable criminal background check

Application Details

• Application Deadlines
  • Applications for Fall 2025 start and early decision Spring 2026 will open January 2025

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
• Virtual one-on-one interviews with program leadership and diverse fellowship team members. Campus tours available for candidates upon request.

Application

• Complete the Human Resources application.
• Submit to Human Resources:
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Education Transcripts from the masters/doctorate nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
  • Copy of BCLS card and ACLS card (must be American Heart Association issued)
  • Three letters of recommendation
    • Reference letters should address clinical experience, clinical knowledge & critical thinking, professionalism, and learning ability.
    • If you have graduated within the past 2 years, submit one letter from your program director or clinical faculty
    • Preference for one letter submitted by a physician who has worked with you clinically
  • One-page statement of interest in postgraduate fellowship training within this specialty
• If you have any questions, please contact our provider recruiter, Lauren Martin at (414) 955-5702 or via email at appcriticalcare@mcw.edu.

Fellowship benefits  
In addition to standard APP Fellowship Benefits, Critical Care Benefits include:

• Society of Critical Care Medicine Fellow Membership Benefits
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Fundamental Critical Care Support Course (FCCS)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Virtual Critical Care Rounds (VCCR)
• Basic Life Support (BCLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• Reimbursement for eligible, pre-approved professional expenses

Our fellowship program focuses on hands-on, clinical experiences across all five ICUs in addition to key acute care specialties as the foundation for critical care practice.