The division of urology creates tailored orientation program

The Division of Urology at Children’s National has developed a first-of-its-kind orientation program for pediatric urology advanced practice providers (APPs). This program was created based on real feedback from pediatric urology APPs in the United States and Canada.

The primary purpose of the orientation program is to increase the knowledge and confidence of pediatric APP’s in transition to independent practice.  The program prepares the next group of advanced practice providers in the Division of Urology to achieve the same high quality of care that the current group provides to our patients.

“I think what makes our orientation program unique is how involved leadership is in training the orientee. We are with our orientee every step of the way every week. We are there making sure that they are attaining their skills and their knowledge. We’re checking in on them very regularly, and we also are trying to make it very individualized to that person.” said Katie Scarpaci, nurse practitioner and creator of the APP orientation program.