Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences offers a 12-month postgraduate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Critical Care Fellowship at Mayo Clinic's campus in Phoenix, Arizona. The program trains highly-qualified graduate physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) to become skilled, compassionate, and efficient acute care providers.

Program highlights

Our curriculum contains diverse didactic instruction and direct patient care clinical experience, embedded in the foundation of Mayo Clinic: excellence in patient care, education, and research. This program provides the training needed to provide the utmost quality of care to acute care patients.

Postgraduate acute care experience and training allows you to be more competitive for NPPA positions and have increased security in the job market.

Graduation and certification

After successfully completing this fellowship, you receive a certificate of completion from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences, one of the five schools within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.  This certificate specifically states that the graduate fellow has received postgraduate training in the field of critical care.

Accreditation information

See accreditation information for Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Program goals

Our fellowship in critical care enables you to:

• Develop clinical competence in the assessment and management of critically ill adult patients across diverse critical care settings.
• Achieve proficiency in core critical care procedures through supervised clinical experience and competency-based training.
• Apply evidence-based practice and quality improvement strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
• Function effectively as a collaborative member of the multidisciplinary critical care team through professional communication and teamwork.
• Deliver compassionate, patient-centered care consistent with Mayo Clinic values.
• Engage in lifelong learning through scholarly activity, critical appraisal of the literature, and ongoing professional development.
• Graduate prepared for independent practice as a critical care advanced practice provider.