APP Critical Care Fellowship
About Our Fellowship
Who should be interested in a 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.
What are the benefits of a critical care fellowship?
- 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 ФβͼAPP benefits, and post-fellowship recruitment incentives.
Program details
- 12 month program
- Fall and Spring start dates
- Up to 5 fellows annually, split between cohorts
Meet our team
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.
How to apply
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
How we learn
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.
Featured Voices
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"I decided to pursue an APP Fellowship to gain additional critical care experience, explore new areas of critical care and to ease my transition into practice as a new graduate. In addition, I was seeking procedural experience and wanted to learn and grow as a provider in a supportive environment. I thought Фβͼwould be a great place for me to start out my career as a critical care APP because it is an academic medical center & quaternary care facility with five specialty ICUs and level 1 trauma designation. I also went to school at Marquette and was hoping to stay in the Milwaukee area after graduation."
Keighla Slattery, MSN, APNP, ACNPC-AG, CCRN
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"I wanted to gain confidence and critical care skills in an intensive, supportive environment where I would be exposed to diverse patient populations and practice styles. I was drawn to Froedtert Hospital which, as a level one trauma center with five intensive care units, serves some of the most complex patients in and around Wisconsin. It is also a very APP-focused institution. The APP fellowship was instrumental in shaping my practice; it gave me confidence as a critical care provider, experience with varied patient populations, and skills for working on complex, multidisciplinary teams."
Laura Mark, PA-C, mph
Program Statistics & Outcomes
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Critical Care Fellowship FAQs
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Contact Us
APP Fellowship Recruitment
Lauren Martin, APP HR Recruiter
laumartin@mcw.edu
Katie Spiegelhoff, PA-C, MPAS
APP Critical Care Fellowship Program Manager
kspiegelhoff@mcw.edu
For general fellowship questions or to submit additional application documentation
appcriticalcare@mcw.edu