SCRANTON, PA — The Wright Center for Community Health is introducing a 12-month nurse practitioner postgraduate fellowship program in family medicine that provides hands-on clinical training experience.

Nurse practitioners who have licenses and are entering their first year of practice can apply to the program in January. The paid fellowship begins in September. 

The Wright Center is accepting a limited number of applicants for the first fellowship program in the region. To make an application, email www.twc-np-fellowship@thewrightcenter.org.

“The focus of our fellowship is to provide nurse practitioners who want to remain in family practice with the experience they need to provide high-quality primary and preventive care to the communities we serve in Northeast Pennsylvania,” said Joshua Braddell, director of the fellowship program and medical director of the Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley Practice. 

Kelly Morgan has been named coordinator for the program. 

The nurse practitioners chosen for the fellowship will receive increased clinical exposure during the first year of their practice. The fellowship will help advanced practice nurses develop leadership skills through weekly didactic sessions and specialty clinic experiences.

The new fellowship provides experience in pediatrics, mental and behavioral health, infectious disease, and addiction treatment and recovery services at the Wright Center for Community Health’s Clarks Summit, Mid Valley and Scranton practices. 

For more information about the Wright Center for Community Health, call 570/230-0019 or visit www.TheWrightCenter.org.