EMPA Fellowship Application

Applications open October 1 and close on January 1. Our cohorts begin August 1 and run for 18 months.

You’re eligible to apply if, at the start of your fellowship, you hold a degree from an accredited physician assistant program and certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. After you apply through our form, email these documents to [email protected]: 

• Curriculum vitae 
• Personal statement 
• Official transcripts from your physician assistant school 
• 3 letters of recommendation: 
  • One from the program director, if you’re in school  
  • One from a colleague, if you’re working 
  • Ideally one from an emergency physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner 

We don’t offer advanced placement based on previous post-graduate coursework or program participation. The EMPA Fellowship confers certification of completion. It does not award academic credits. 

• EMPA Handbook
• General Moonlighting Policy 
• Fellow Disciplinary Process 
• Reduction-Closure Policy 
• Clinical Experience and Education Policy 
• Instructional Faculty Supervision of PA Trainees Policy 
• Advanced Placement Gundersen EMPA Fellowship Program