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Geriatric Clinical Residency is a unique opportunity for you
to develop skills and take courses in a mentored environment,
to significantly advance your provision of geriatric PT. There
are currently two credentialed Geriatric Clinical Residency in
the country:
For
APTA’s list of credentialed clinical residencies, click
here
Grant
Available to Clinical Residency or Fellowship Programs from the
Section on Geriatrics
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The
Section on Geriatrics is proud to support Clinical
Residency or Fellowship Programs as they work
through APTA’s credentialing
process.
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The
Section will fund up to two applications per year, up to $1500.00
each.
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Grant
monies will be awarded on a “first come, first serve” basis,
with an annual grant application deadline of
December 31st. Grant applicants must be a Section
on Geriatrics member.
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Application
Form.
List of References
on Residency Development -
The following is a list of published research in
geriatric residency development (as of March 2006). It
is comprised primarily of medical research, but
can be of use to those developing residency and/or
fellowship curricula for geriatric physical therapy. Click
Here
APTA's
resources on Clinical Residencies