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The Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers offers programmatic accreditation for postgraduate nurse practitioner and joint nurse practitioner and physician associate training programs, designed by NP and PA postgraduate program directors, for NP and PA postgraduate training directors. The Consortium exists to support new and ongoing postgraduate training programs for nurse practitioners and physician associates in the achievement and maintenance of the highest standards of rigor and quality, consistent with achieving the goal of an expert healthcare workforce prepared to meet the needs of patients and the society as a whole. |
One of the best practices in postgraduate training is to provide a formal Certificate of Completion to the trainees in a program upon completion of that program’s performance requirements. The Consortium’s goal is to have accreditation Standards, policies and procedures that are based on industry best practices. In surveying our accredited programs, we found that each […]
One of the services that the Consortium provides is a platform for disseminating peer reviewed research findings through our Resources tab. We are also exploring providing a mechanism for facilitating research with the following caveats. The research be relevant to our mission, vision, goals and objectives. The research must have current, documented IRB approval. The Consortium […]
The Accreditation Salon will be held on Wednesday April 25, 2:00-3:00 Eastern. This is a monthly, informal panel discussion and question & answer session that is intended to respond to questions about the Consortium’s accreditation process. Participants have been representatives from programs considering accreditation as well as from programs that are currently undergoing the accreditation review […]
Our March Accreditation Salon will be held on Wednesday April 18th, 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern. This is an open forum, panel discussion by experts in postgraduate NP training and experienced Consortium site visitors. They respond to questions and issues raised by participants in the session. It’s free, just click here to register, submit your questions and or comments and […]
Exciting update about our First Annual Conference, June 25 in Denver, CO. We have reached our maximum capacity and are already thinking about our Second Annual Conference. For more information or to be on the email list for our next conference, please contact [email protected]. The Consortium’s First Annual Conference: The Future Is Now: Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training, will […]
Join us in Denver on June 25, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm at the History Colorado Center for the First Annual Conference of The National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (“The Consortium”). The Consortium was founded in 2015 to promote the growth and spread of postgraduate NP training programs, ensure their rigor and quality through accreditation, […]
The Consortium’s Spring General Membership Meeting will be held on February 22, 2018, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm EST. Agenda topics will include updates of interest to Consortium members such as: introductions of new NP postgrad training programs; what’s going on with regard to national legislation that impacts our members; updates on accreditation activities such as our […]
The January Accreditation Salon is will be Tuesday, January 23, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern. This is a monthly, informal panel discussion and question & answer session that is intended to respond to questions about the Consortium’s accreditation process. Participants have been representatives from programs considering accreditation as well as from programs that are […]
The Consortium is rolling out a new membership benefit — offering our members the capability of “sharing and advancing research” (to use a phrase coined by Research Gate, a wonderful source of scientific knowledge and platform for research collaboration.) A core mission for the Consortium is creating and disseminating knowledge about topics, ideas, and issues […]
We have had lots of requests for more information about the accreditation application process, how to conduct and write the programmatic Self Study, how to prepare for the site visit, how accreditation decisions are made, and how the timeline works. In response to these requests, the Consortium is going to offer a monthly “Accreditation Salon” […]
