Indiana University Health Postgraduate APP Training Program — Neonatology

PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

• Specialty: Neonatology
• Location: Indianapolis, IN
• Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
• Program length: 12 months
• Positions per year: Check program website
• Stipend / salary: Check program website
• Benefits: Published benefits: health, dental, life and disability insurance; 3 weeks' vacation per year; 5 days CME time per year; $3,000 CME allowance; DEA and malpractice coverage. ⚠️ The $3,000 is a CME ALLOWANCE, not a salary — IU publishes no stipend figure at all.
• Credential awarded: Check program website
• Eligibility: IU Health's shared admission requirements, verbatim: "Master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program"; candidate must be board certified or board eligible; State of Indiana licensure or eligible for licensure; GPA 3.0 or above; BLS through the AHA; drug screen and background check. Track-specific eligibility: 🚨 PHYSICIAN-ASSISTANT-ONLY TRACK. Verbatim: "The Neonatology Postgraduate APP Training Program is a one-year, post-graduate experience designed for physician assistants at one of the nation's leading healthcare networks, specifically for babies and children, and the only pediatric research hospital in the state." An adversarial second read of the same PDF found ZERO occurrences of "nurse practitioner", "NP" or "APRN"; its benefits heading reads "The Program Provides Physician Assistants with:". This is the only one of IU's 18 tracks that names PAs alone.
• Application deadline: Bi-annual acceptance. Verbatim: "Applications for the Fall Cohort beginning Oct. 1 annually will be accepted from Feb. 1 to March 31." and "Applications for the Spring Cohort beginning April 1 annually will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30." Recurring annual windows as published; nothing rolled forward.
• How to apply: Direct, via IU Health's single Postgraduate APP Training Program application. Applicants choose up to two specialties for consideration on one application. Contact [email protected] / 317.963.7673.
• Start date: April 1 and October 1. Hub label, verbatim: "Bi-annual acceptance, April 1 and October 1".
• Setting & rotations: IU North (Level 1 newborn nursery) and Riley Hospital for Children (Level 2 progressive care nursery, Level 3 and Level 4 NICU, low- and high-risk delivery room attendance); includes a neonatal physician assistant bootcamp. Indianapolis.

Not ARC-PA accredited — which is normal for PA postgraduate programs and is not a mark against this one. This specific program is not separately listed in APPAP’s member directory; verify current status with the program.

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