Program Description

UCSF offers three advanced practice provider (APP) fellowship programs that are led by exceptional APPs and feature practice-based learning, didactic education, mentorship, and scholarly projects. The programs are designed to expand the knowledge and skills new graduate (within 18 months of program completion) APPs acquire during their graduate or doctoral training. UCSF APP fellows are full-time salaried employees with health care and vacation benefits. The programs run November 1 to October 31 annually.

UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship

The UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship was the first critical care NP fellowship in California, and the first surgical NP fellowship in the country to earn Accreditation with Distinction, the highest recognition awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The program has expanded to include Physician Assistants and is in its tenth cohort. It is supported by the UCSF Office of Advanced Practice Providers, UCSF Medical Center, and the UCSF School of Nursing. In March of 2024, it was awarded its first Accreditation with Distinction through the ANCC’s new credential, Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Accreditation (APPFA). The program accepts Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

For more information: npfellowship.ucsf.edu/about-the-program 
Contact and questions: surgNPfellowship@ucsf.edu

UCSF Cancer Services Nurse Practitioner Fellowship

The UCSF Cancer Services Nurse Practitioner Fellowship is midway through its first cohort and will be applying for ANCC accreditation in 2023. The fellowship has tremendous support from UCSF Health, UCSF Cancer Services, the UCSF Office of Advanced Practice Providers, and the UCSF School of Nursing.  The program accepts Adult or Family advanced practice registered nurses with certification from ANCC (AG-ACNP, AG-PCNP, or FNP) or AANP (AG-PCNP).  

For more information: cancer.ucsf.edu/nurse-practitioner-fellowship
Contact and questions: cancerNPfellowship@ucsf.edu

Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship

The fellowship is sponsored by the UCSF Office of Advanced Practice Providers, UCSF Medical Center, and UCSF School of Nursing. The fellowship is a 12-month transition to practice program for new graduate Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs). It is designed to expand on the knowledge and skills acquired during graduate or doctoral NP/PA programs. The UCSF APP ED Transition to Practice Fellowship features clinical rotations, didactic education, mentorship, and a scholarly project. The program is led by the Office of Advanced Practice Providers and an experienced team of emergency department APPs who orient and train fellows in the clinical skills, institutional values, and expectations necessary to successfully provide care as an APP in the UCSF Medical Center Emergency Department.

For more information: https://advancedpractice.ucsf.edu/emergency-medicine
Contact and questions: EmergencyDeptAPPFellowship@ucsf.edu