Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

APP Practice & Role

• Analyze the impact of scope of practice for the Advanced Practice Providers (APP) professions on patient care.
• Demonstrate best practices for healthcare professional roles and practice.
• Describe the integration of APPs into the healthcare and management systems.
• Demonstrate APP professionalism and support others to grow professionalism skills and awareness.
• Recognize strategies to enhance the APP role in team-based practice including interprofessional communication and best practices for team models.

Career Journey IV, V, & VI

• Reflect on personal strengths, career interests, and long-term professional goals to develop an intentional APP career trajectory.
• Identify opportunities for professional growth across clinical, academic, leadership, and specialty pathways and create a plan for strategic skill development.
• Demonstrate effective professional representation skills through professional CV/Resume, digital presence, and communication strategies that align with career goals.
• Navigate job search, interview, offer negotiation, and role transition processes professionally and confidently using current market insights and institutional standards.
• Apply principles of mentorship, leadership, and professional advocacy to support one’s own development and contribute to the advancement of peers and the APP profession.
• Analyze real-world APP career journeys and engage in structured reflection discussions to gain perspective, foster curiosity, and build confidence in the next steps of individual career growth.
• Create a post-fellowship job transition plan, including a professional representation approach.

Leadership & Communication Skills

• Describe effective mentorship strategies; Plan for being a mentor or mentee.
• Identify key literature and tools for self reflection and mentorship and Create a plan for future professional development.
• Build professional relationships based on trust, interpersonal skills, and clear communication to handle challenging situations.
• Reflect on how organizational change impacts your role and understand your ability to adapt and influence others during change.