APP Mentorship Application

Program Goals

The National Psoriasis Foundation's Advanced Practice Provider mentorship program will give participants a unique educational opportunity to increase competence related to:

Fostering strong interprofessional connections within medical dermatology
Recognizing, treating, and managing psoriasis and its associated comorbidities
Applying evidence-based best practices to deliver individualized, patient-centered care
Integrating shared-decision-making strategies to enhance personalized care and patient engagement
Collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary colleagues for expanded access to care and improved outcomes.

Mentorship Model

Using a dyad model of mentorship, selected applicants will be paired with a member of the NPF’s APP Advisory Committee. It is expected that all mentors will establish a regular cadence of meetings with their mentees, either in person or virtually. The mentor/mentee relationship will last for a minimum of six months with periodic assessments of effectiveness and satisfaction. Mentor/mentee dyads will be provided the opportunity to attend the 2026 Future Leaders in Psoriatic Disease meeting to be held October 2-3, 2026.

Apply to the APP Mentorship program below

This program is open to nurse practitioners and physician assistants who care for patients with psoriatic disease. Selection decisions for the inaugural cohort will be made by early April, 2026.

First name

Last name

Credentials

Role

Nurse Practitioner

Physician Assistant

Other

Other role

Other specialty

Affiliation (Institution or Clinic Name)

State of Practice

Email address

Phone number

Years of Experience as an Advanced Practice Provider

How would you describe the extent of your training in psoriatic disease?

No formal training

Minimal - academic only

Less than 10 hours of training (CME or clinical)

Between 10-20 hours of training (CME or clinical)

Greater than 20 hours of training (CME or clinical)

Other

Other training

What is your primary expectation for this program?

By order of importance, please identify which you hope to master through participation in this mentoring program (rank each choice 1-6):

Treatment with topical agents (based on severity)

Early diagnosis and screening for psoriatic disease

Treatment with systemic agents (based on severity)

Identification and management of comorbidities associated with psoriatic disease

Role and scope of the APP in the management of psoriatic disease

Advance Professional Roles (e.g. research, authorship, speaking)

What are your biggest challenges in caring for patients with psoriatic disease?

Why are you interested in participating in the NPF Advanced Practice Provider Mentorship Program?

How often do you see psoriasis patients in clinical practice?

Upload your CV or resume (optional)

Rate your degree of confidence in the following as it relates to caring for patients with psoriatic disease:

	Very confident	Somewhat confident	Neutral	Little confidence	Not confident
Identifying clinical characteristics
Making the diagnosis
Identifying the psoriasis subtype
Assessing severity
Treating with topicals
Treating with systemics
Non-pharmacologic treatment (phototherapy, etc)
Assessing for comorbidities
Identifying risk for psoriatic arthritis
Understanding impact on quality of life

Other comments

Contact Information

Questions?

Contact Stephanie Corder (scorder@psoriasis.org).

About the National Psoriasis Foundation

The National Psoriasis Foundation is the leading nonprofit representing individuals with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The mission of NPF is to drive efforts to cure psoriatic disease and improve the lives of more than 8 million individuals in the United States affected by this chronic immune-mediated disease.

NPF is uniquely positioned to bridge both knowledge and practice gaps for dermatology NPs and PAs. The representation of APPs on the NPF Medical Board, combined with a newly formed APP Advisory Committee, allows for the creation of training programs that are connected to the broader dermatology and clinical research community, yet led by APPs themselves.