The OSF HealthCare Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship program is adding hospitalist medicine to the list of tracks for fellows.

The OSF HealthCare APP Fellowship has been accredited with distinction as an Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program by the American Nursing Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.

The 12-month program has achieved the highest honor for accreditation three times since its creation nine years ago. It averages a 91% graduation rate in which 94% of fellows opt to stay with OSF HealthCare full time following program completion. 

The APP fellowship program focuses on professional growth by offering mentorship, clinical training, regular feedback and skills assessment that build on the knowledge fellows learned in graduate school. At the end, they are more prepared to transition into full-time practice.

The APP Fellowship curriculum stresses the importance of excellent communication with patients and colleagues. Other confidence-building exercises result in developing decision-making and other soft skills that often result in fellows advancing quickly to leadership positions within their area, region, or even across the OSF Ministry.

This new track in hospitalist medicine will allow fellows to rotate through a variety of specialties within our OSF HealthCare system, caring for different populations of patients in critical access hospitals to Level 1 Trauma Centers. Using the Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, the program will provide hands-on skills training to equip new APPs for any situation they may encounter.

If interested in joining the APP fellowship program, please fill out the form here to receive more information.