Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship

Program Overview

This fellowship is designed to provide rigorous supervised clinical experience, a strong didactic foundation, and exposure to multiple psychiatric subspecialties in a supportive academic environment.

• Program Highlights
• Clinical Rotations
• Treatment Exposure
• Certification & Career Advancement
• No call responsibilities
• Structured, supervised clinical training with experienced academic faculty
• Progressive autonomy throughout the year
• Formal didactic curriculum including:
  • Departmental Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs
  • Medical student didactics
  • Psychiatry resident conferences and teaching sessions
• Direct mentorship and individualized career guidance
• Collaborative interdisciplinary care model

Core Clinical Rotations

Fellows rotate through multiple psychiatric settings to ensure broad exposure and competency:

• Outpatient Adult Psychiatry
• Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Consult-Liaison Psychiatry (CL)
• Specialty clinics as available

Elective rotations may be tailored to individual interests and career goals.

Interventional & Advanced Treatment Exposure

Fellows gain exposure to and supervised experience in:

• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
• Advanced psychopharmacology
• Management of complex mood, psychotic, trauma-related, and neurocognitive disorders

Upon successful completion, graduates will be well prepared to:

• Sit for the CAQ-PA (Certificate of Added Qualifications) in Psychiatry (for eligible PAs)
• Strengthen psychiatric board certification and advanced competency (for PMHNPs)
• Transition confidently into academic or high-complexity clinical practice settings

Admissions Requirements

Application Procedures:

Applications will only be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) administered by AAMC beginning in July each year.

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) would like us to remind you that the application process in ERAS is separate from the NRMP matching process. In order to be ranked in the Match, you must register with the NRMP. 

*Due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to an inquiry regarding application status.

Eligibility Requirements:

This fellowship provides a structured yet flexible academic training experience with strong faculty supervision, progressive clinical responsibility, and exposure to subspecialty psychiatry in a collegial academic setting.

• Graduate of an accredited PA or NP program
• For NPs: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification required
• Eligible for Texas licensure
• Demonstrated commitment to psychiatry and team-based care

Interview:

Applications and Interviews will be held via Thalamus or other supporting platforms.

Salary & Benefits

Salary

We offer the trainees $85,000 a year, regardless of experience.

Summary of Fellow Benefits

• Employer-sponsored individual health and dental insurance at no cost to the fellow. Fellows can add additional family members at a low cost.
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional Development Funds
• Professional Liability Insurance
• Free covered garage parking at UMC and Covenant Health System
• Books, software, journals
• CME
• Department financial support for research and publications
• 1 Conference attendance