Advancing Practice

We are now recruiting for the 2022-2023 Cohort of AdvancingPractice. This cohort will start on July 1st 2022 and will be in the program for one year. To be eligible to apply you must:

• Be a recent graduate (January 2021 or later) from an accredited NP (family, adult-gerontological primary care or pediatric primary care) or CNM program.
• Planning a career in community health working with diverse and under-resourced populations
• Licensed and certified or certification license pending upon admission to fellowship.
• A minimum GPA of 3.0
• Highly motivated to learn and speak Spanish through group provided training and independent study
• Able to start the program on July 1st, 2022

The application period for the 2022-2023 Cohort is now open! Click here to download the application. All application materials are due by December 10, 2021 at 5 PM, CST.

Our last open house will be held on November 10, 6 PM CST. RSVP here.

• Learn from the best! Erie is a national leader in quality of care and top Chicago workplace. It employs over 50 APRNs within a truly collaborative practice model.
• UIC Nursing—known for having one of the nation’s top 10 APRN degree programs—has developed a robust curriculum for the AdvancingPractice program that supports newly graduated APRNs in community health practice.
• The fellowship model was selected and funded by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) from a competitive pool of applicants.
• Serve patients across Erie’s 13 locations, including primary care, school-based and teen-only settings.
• Participate in paid medical Spanish immersion. You’ll be able to travel abroad for two weeks to learn Spanish as part of the program.
• Live and work in one of the nation’s largest and most vibrant cities.
• Access UIC career services and the largest health sciences library in the Midwest.
• Receive fellowship salary, benefits, continuing medical education allowance and paid time-off.

AdvancingPractice is a one-year intensive training program that builds on nurse practitioner (NP) and nurse midwife (CNM) academic programs to prepare recently graduated NPs and CNMs to become expert clinicians as well as nursing leaders. Key components include:

• Precepted “Continuity Clinics”
  (4 sessions/week) These are the cornerstone of Advancing In precepted clinics, fellows develop their own patient panel while being precepted by an Erie APRN or MD.
• Specialty Rotations:
  (2 sessions/week for 1 month) Specialty rotations in areas most commonly encountered at Erie. Select rotations include: Adolescent Health, HIV Care, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Women’s Health, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, and others.
• Mentored Clinics:
  (2 sessions/week) During mentored clinics, work alongside an experienced PCP on episodic or acute care and mastery of procedures.
• Educational Sessions:
  (1 session/week) Evidence-based, didactic learning sessions on both clinical and leadership topics.
• Quality Improvement Training:
  Participants will design and implement their own quality improvement project throughout the year.

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