Graduate Education/VANAP-GE Nurse Practitioner Residency

Academic partner: University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences

The VA Nursing Academic Partnerships – Graduate Education (VANAP-GE) Nurse Practitioner Residency is an innovative twelve-month residency program at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT.

The program is designed to provide a supportive learning environment and a path to success for new nurse practitioners interested in primary care careers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and working with rural and underserved Veterans. It employs an interprofessional “clinician-leader-improver” model comprised of three major components: (1) clinical practice; (2) quality improvement science; and (3) leadership. Learning activities include clinical training, mentorship, didactic seminars, applied individual and/or team projects, and online learning activities.