Primary care nurse practitioner residency program  | veterans affairs

CENTER OF EDUCATION FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC HOMELESS PATIENT ALIGNED CARE TEAM  There are four primary care track resident positions offered annually. Clinical experiences include

managing the primary care of homeless and vulnerable veterans in a supportive team as well as rotations in street medicine, medicine specialties, and electives to augment advanced clinical

knowledge. Residents participate in developing the Center of Education Interprofessional Academic Homeless Patient Care Aligned Team including teaching other professional and trainee team

members, case presentations, program development/ evaluation, and applying new quality improvement skills to projects. CENTER OF EDUCATION MISSION STATEMENT The CoE IA HPACT will train the

next generation of health professionals to care for vulnerable patients in a way that builds patients’ self-efficacy while meeting their social, psychological, and physical needs, with

empathy and teamwork. TRAINING EXPERIENCES, SUPERVISION AND DIDACTICS The clinical experiences will include managing the primary care of homeless and vulnerable veterans in a supportive team

as well as a rotation in street medicine, medicine specialties, and electives to augment advanced clinical knowledge. Residents will be mentored by interprofessional faculty to achieve

professional competencies in homeless care, primary care-mental health integration, humanism, leadership, and teamwork. Didactic sessions will be held weekly.  Please visit the Nurse

Residency Program page for more information including how to apply.