Specialty Care Advanced Practice Fellowship Overview

The UC Davis advanced practice fellowship program is designed to support new graduate nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in the critical first year as they transition into practice. The programs’ primary goals are to help you develop relevant practical skills in critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and procedural skills in your area of interest. Throughout your experience, expert advanced practice professionals and physician colleagues will help you develop specialty specific skills and the confidence you need to begin a career in Hospital Medicine, Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Neurological Surgery, Oncology, Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma Surgery

The UC Davis Advanced Practice Provider Transition to Practice Program, which includes both the Advanced NP-PRACTICE residency and the Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship program, are seeking accreditation through the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers.

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• Direct patient care in a supervised structured environment
• An understanding of the mission, vision and advanced practice quality metrics at UC Davis
• Simulation training at our state of the art center for virtual care
• Didactic courses in topics related to your specialty
• Online-learning modules,
• Quality improvement conferences, grand rounds, journal clubs and complete other appropriate clinical rotations to assure comprehensive exposure to procedures and multidisciplinary collaboration along the entire care continuum. 

Through out the fellowship, experience surveys and peer feedback will be required to ensure that we provide a meaningful learning experience that prepares you to enter professional practice.

UC Davis Health Advanced Practice Fellowship Opportunities:

• Trauma Surgery/ Acute Care Surgery: As a level 1 trauma center, our advanced practice providers play a critical role in the day to day management of trauma patients including care in the emergency department, critical care areas, floor care management and clinic follow up.

• Neurology: The Neurology Advanced Practice Provider fellowship program will offer a breadth of clinical and didactic exposure designed to provide sufficient training in the diagnosis and management of various neurological disease processes in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. The learners will rotate through inpatient services including the Vascular neurology service, General neurology service, Epilepsy service and the Neurocritical care service. The learners will also have opportunities to work with outpatient providers from various subspecialties including headache, neuroimmunology, movement disorders and epilepsy. Additional educational opportunities include Departmental ground rounds, formal and informal didactic sessions, journal club, multidisciplinary patient care conferences, simulation-based learning and online learning modules.
  There will also be opportunities to gain experience in performing various procedures, such as lumbar punctures, EEG interpretation, vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming.
  Lastly, the learners will be able to engage in department-sponsored professional membership with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), with the opportunity to attend the annual AAN conference, while taking advantage of the host of online educational resources and networking opportunities offered by the AAN.

• Neurological Surgery: Our neurosurgery team offers specialized care in a wide range of clinical sub-specialties including traumatic brain injury, complex cerebrovascular disease, spine, skull base neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurocritical care and more. The fellowship will include experiences in out patient and in patient management with rotations through clinical sub-specialties, in patient care teams and neurocritical care.

• Neurocritical Care: The neurocritical care (NCC) service provides comprehensive care to critically ill patients with neurological injury including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, CNS infection, CNS malignancy, and status epilepticus. This service currently manages critical care for primary patients as well as critically ill patients on the neurosurgery and neurology services. The NCC service is staffed with 24/7 APP coverage, with APPs working top of scope collaborating with neurointensivists as needed. The service also supports research andrecruitment for several clinical trials. The APP fellowship includes rotations on days and nights as well as off service rotations with neurosurgery, neurology, and neurointerventional radiology. 

• Orthopedics: The advance practice providers on Orthopedics offers care to patients in the in-patient and out-patient setting. They cover multiple orthopedic subspecialties, including orthopedic trauma, spine, joint, hand, foot, tumor, sarcoma, sports, and pediatrics. The fellowship will include rotations through a majority of these subspecialities with both in-patient and out-patient care. The advance practice fellow will be mentored and integrated into the team and will participate in all aspects of the patients care, including but not limited to rounding, calling consults, discharging, pre-op exams, consults, wound care, splinting and casting, all with increasing independence. There are ongoing educational opportunities through Orthopedic Grand Rounds, daily Triage, and ongoing projects.

• Hospital Medicine: The Hospital Medicine APP Fellowship Program is a structured, intensive post-graduate training program designed to equip newly graduated APPs with the clinical knowledge and skills necessary to excel in inpatient internal medicine. This 12-month program provides hands-on experience in the management of acutely ill hospitalized patients through a combination of direct patient care, didactic education, and mentorship from experienced hospitalist APPs. Fellows will gain expertise in acute and chronic disease management, rapid response, and diagnostic reasoning, preparing them for a successful career in hospital medicine. Day and night shifts will be required to ensure comprehensive training in the full spectrum of hospitalist care. With a focus on evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional development, this fellowship serves as a vital bridge between education and independent clinical practice, ensuring APPs are confident and competent in providing high-quality care in a hospital setting.

• Oncology- The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center provides care for patients with all types of cancer and blood disorders with standard and leading-edge treatments, including clinical trials. Advanced practice providers are an integral part of our approach to patient care. The APP Fellowship in Oncology will include rotations through specialties including breast, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and lung cancers, leukemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplant. The APP Oncology Fellow will gain experience in multiple settings including outpatient clinics, outpatient infusion room and inpatient services. Rotations will also include experience with procedures in bone marrow biopsy, lumbar puncture and intrathecal chemotherapy. There are educational opportunities through Hematology Oncology Ground Rounds, Fellows Didactics and ongoing projects.