How to Apply

Application process for Advanced Practice Provider (APP) postgraduate fellowship candidates

Timeline

We will be accepting applications for summer 2026 soon. If you have questions, please email us at appfellowships@hitchcock.org.

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
• 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 or 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 purse practitioner or physician assistant preferred

If you have questions, please email us at appfellowships@hitchcock.org.

Other Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center APP postgraduate programs

• APP Residencies/Fellowships