The next cohort application period will open in November 5, 2025. Applications are due by February 1, 2026.

In order to apply, you must be a Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner or a Certified Nurse Midwife who is a:

• A recent graduate (between March 2025 and June 2026) from an accredited NP or CNM program with a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Planning a career in community health working with diverse and under-resourced populations
• Licensed and certified or certification/license pending upon admission to fellowship
• Highly motivated to learn and speak Spanish through group provided training and independent study
• Able to complete board exams no later than June 30, 2026
• Able to start the program in the fall of 2026
• Able to travel to all Erie Family Health Center sites including all Chicago locations, Evanston and Waukegan
• Interested in behavioral healthcare 

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Applications are open November 5, 2025 for the 2026 cohort. 

Visit erie.health/ap-openhouse to register to attend one of our open houses to learn more about the program. 

Our virtual open houses are scheduled on Microsoft Teams from 6 PM - 7 PM (CST) on the following Wednesdays:

• November 5, 2025
• December 10, 2025
• January 7, 2026

Our in-person open house is scheduled for

• January 27, 2026
  6 PM - 7 PM (CST) at
  Erie Division Street Health Center
  2418 W. Division Street
  Chicago, IL 60622

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AdvancingPractice is a year-long Fellowship program for recently graduated nurse practitioners and midwifes who seek support and mentorship in their first year of practice. This Fellowship is for those who are passionate about community health and serving diverse, under resourced populations.

Being a fellow, you will be an employee of Erie Family Health Centers with full-time salary and benefits, but will always be supported by an experienced preceptor to guide in the transition to independent practice. Key aspects of the program are as follows:

• Continuity Clinics
  (3 days/week) Build your own patient panel and provide continuity of care to patients with the support and guidance of a preceptor.
• Specialty Clinic:
  Scheduled throughout the year in place of Mentored Clinic. Rotate through sub-specialty clinics within primary care to better understand holistic care, such as Adolescent Health, HIV Care, Women’s Health, Pediatrics, Chronic Diseases, and others.
• Mentored Clinics:
  (1 day/week) Work alongside an experienced PCP on episodic or acute care and mastery of procedures.
• Educational Sessions:
  (1 day/week) Participate in evidence-based, didactic learning sessions on both clinical and leadership topics.
• Quality Improvement Training:
  Design and implement your own quality improvement project during the Fellowship year.
• Intrapatrum/On Call – CNM Fellows Only (One 24-hour call or one 12-hour call per week) Provide intrapartum and postpartum care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with support of midwifery mentors.

• Learn from the best! Erie is a national leader in quality of care and a USA Today Top Workplace 2024 and 2025. It employs over 50 APRNs within a truly collaborative practice model.
• UIC Nursing—known for having one of the nation’s top 10 APRN degree programs—has developed a robust curriculum for the AdvancingPractice program that supports newly graduated APRNs in community health practice.
• The fellowship model was selected and funded by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) from a competitive pool of applicants.
• Serve patients across Erie’s 14 locations, including primary care, school-based and teen-only settings.
• Participate in paid medical Spanish training to better serve our patient population.
• Live and work in one of the nation’s largest and most vibrant cities.
• Access UIC career services and the largest health sciences library in the Midwest.
• Receive fellowship salary, benefits, continuing medical education allowance and paid time-off.

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Volume 3, Issue 1
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Volume 4, Issue 1, August 2023

Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2025

AdvancingPractice is an accredited postgraduate Nurse Practitioner training program by the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers.

The Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers has set forth eight accreditation standards, which AdvancingPractice has met in full. These eight standards provide approaches to validate the quality of the postgraduate training program. For more information about the accreditation standards and/or the Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers, please visit https://www.apppostgradtraining.com/.

Fellows as well as any visitors to this site can provide a public comment about our program at https://www.apppostgradtraining.com/accreditation/accreditation-status-and-public-commentary/

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