Application process for physician fellow candidates
Application deadline
- Please visit the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) website for timeline information.
Application format
- We participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Paper applications will not be accepted.
Position availability
- We offer 3 fellowship positions per year.
Application requirements
- Medical school letter & transcript
- USMLE scores
- International medical graduates must have a valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to be eligible for application to a Graduate Medical Education (GME) accredited clinical training program.
- Board-certified or board-eligible in one of the palliative medicine sponsoring specialties
- Completed training in child neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or radiation oncology.
OR - At least 3 clinical years in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, or surgery.
- Completed training in child neurology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, or radiation oncology.
- Current CV
- Personal statement
- Program director letter of recommendation (from program director of your pre-requisite residency program)
- Letters of recommendation from 2 clinicians (at a minimum)
- The personal statement, program director letter, and 2+ clinician letters should speak to your clinical fit in this specialty and highlight your unique attributes as a candidate
- Given the interprofessional nature of our specialty, we suggest 1 of the letters be from a non-physician
- If possible, we suggest at least 1 letter from a hospice or palliative medicine clinician.
Interview process
- Candidates will be reviewed individually with an effort to interview diverse candidates.
- Interview days will be scheduled with 4 candidates per day.
- The interview day is 8 am to 12 pm EST. It includes a fellowship information session, joining our weekly "Wisdom Wednesday" interprofessional case discussion, meeting with current fellows, interviewing professional faculty, and an optional lunch time Palliative Care Grand Rounds or Learning Activity.
Application process for Advanced Practice Provider (APP) postgraduate fellowship candidates
Timeline
If you have questions, please email us at appfellowships@hitchcock.org.
| Event | Timeline |
| Application period opens | October |
| APP all-program webinar | November |
| Application deadline | December |
| Program interview days (virtual) | January |
| Candidate notification | February |
| Fellowship begins | July |
Application requirements
Additionally, each Advanced Practice Provider (APP) postgraduate fellowship application requires the following:
- Complete the online application for the fellowship (including resume or curriculum vitae)
- Email or attach the following materials to the online application:
- Unofficial transcript from graduate program
- Personal statement describing your:
- Interest in palliative medicine
- Learning objectives for the fellowship year
- Goals for advancing palliative care specialty practice
- At least two letters of recommendation.
- Reference letters should attest to your interests, experience, and potential in palliative care specialty practice and include:
- At least 1 clinical reference
- At least 1 academic reference
- Reference letters should attest to your interests, experience, and potential in palliative care specialty practice and include:
- Letters may be addressed to Associate Program Director Lisa Stephens, MSN, ANP-BC, APRN, ACHPN, FPCN.
APP fellow job qualifications
- Masters or Doctorate of Nursing from an accredited nurse practitioner program or an accredited physician assistant program
- Licensed (or eligible for licensure) by July 1 as a certified nurse practitioner or physician assistant in New Hampshire
- DEA registration for controlled substances
- For nurse practitioners, certification in adult/geriatric primary care, adult/geriatric acute care, adult acute care, or family nurse practitioner
- Prior experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant preferred
If you have questions, please email us at appfellowships@hitchcock.org.