Advanced Practitioner Students
Based on the high demand for student placement at Baystate Health, we have implemented a centralized process for requesting clinical rotations.
All clinical placement requests for any Baystate hospital, clinic, or practice must use this process. Institutions should not reach out to any provider or entity directly.
Email clinical requests to our Advanced Practice Student Request Inbox.
Streamlined Process for Placing Advanced Practitioner Students
We have a streamlined process for placing Advanced Practitioner students enrolled at Preferred Academic Institutions with affiliation agreements with Baystate Health.
How We Prioritize and Schedule AP Student Placements
Baystate Health aims to develop a high performing workforce by:
- Strengthening the link between academic partnerships and workforce development activities
- Training the next generation of providers to deliver team-based, patient centered care
To support this aim, we use this rubric to prioritize and schedule clinical placements.
| Priority | Student Type |
Benefit | Potential Conflict(s) |
| 1 | Nurse practitioner / BH employee - with funding support and retention |
Employee engagement workforce development |
Family medicine rotation |
| 2 | Nurse practitioner / BH employee - no retention agreement, from preferred academic institution | Employee engagement workforce development | Family medicine rotation |
| 3 | Physician assistant from preferred academic institution | Preceptor stipend | Scheduling NP students (rotation are not interchangeable) |
| 4 | Family member / BH provider requests to precept | Employee engagement workforce development | Scheduling |
| 5 | Nurse practitioner from preferred academic institution | Workforce development | Family medicine rotation |
Preferred Academic Institutions
- Have a purposeful connection to workforce planning and provides a training program that will endow trainees with skills that are needed by Baystate Health in delivery of its mission
- Provide financial support to cover precepting costs AND/OR reciprocal benefits for Baystate Health or its employees, i.e. continuing education units, fee discounts, and/or joint appointments
- Provide good value for current and future employees and be not-for-profit when possible
Preferred Nurse Practitioner (or Graduate Nursing Program) Institutions
- American International College (AIC)
- Elms College
- University of Connecticut - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner students only
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Nursing
Preferred Physician Assistant Institutions
- Bay Path University
- Westfield State University
- Springfield College - Beginning AY 20 – 21: rotations will be equally distributed among programs
- Are a local program, when possible.
Please note: Baystate Health will not be entering into any new affiliation agreements.b
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