What to Expect!

In exchange for a 12-month paid service commitment, as employees of the community health center, PMHNP graduates received preceptorship, clinical supervision of prescriptive practice, and weekly didactic trainings and grand rounds to enhance their knowledge and enrich their experience.

PMHNP students received preceptorship and hands on community experience that increased their knowledge and skill of providing psychiatric mental health services in a community health center (CHC). Students received a stipend for their participation in the Fellowship. 

A Community Health Center (CHC) is defined as a health center located in Massachusetts, operated by an organization that meets the criteria to qualify as a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or a hospital-licensed health center. CHCs that serve diverse communities, rural communities, or are in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area were strongly encouraged to apply.

The PMHNP Fellowship is a grant funded program. The application period has closed. The final cohort of PMHNP Fellows ends in September 2026.