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 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, educational funds, standard MCW APP benefits, and post-fellowship recruitment incentives.
Program details
- 12 Month program
- Start dates of March and September 1
- Up to 2 PA/NP accepted for each cohort
Meet our team
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, Family Nurse Practitioner, 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
- September 30 for start date March 1
- January 31 for start date September 1
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
- In person interviews with the fellowship team and tour of the facility is offered after HR interview for select candidates.
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 (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, Amanda Steffens at (414) 955-8351 or via email at appfellowship@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)
- Professional Expense budget for eligible reimbursement
How we learn
Featured Voices

"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 MCW would 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

"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
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Critical Care Fellowship FAQs

Contact Us
APP Fellowship Recruitment
Sarah Vanderlinden, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA
svanderl@mcw.edu