Funded by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), The Azusa Pacific University (APU) Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project (GWEP) is offering a 12-week interprofessional geriatric scholar certification. Geriatric scholars include degree and non-degree students who seek to become experts in their respective field of geriatrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interprofessional Geriatric Scholar Certification:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Funding available for students: Any of the following individuals may apply:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Physician \u00b7 Therapist (PT\/ST\/OT) \u00b7 Podiatry Funding available for participating facilities: Additional Opportunities:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00b7 Regular free in-service programs with continuing education are also available. Sign Up<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would like to sign up for this program or are interested in becoming a participating site, please contact the GWEP Project Director:<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Picella, PhD, FNP, CNS, GS-C. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Funded by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), The Azusa Pacific University (APU) Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project (GWEP) is offering a 12-week interprofessional geriatric scholar certification. Geriatric scholars include degree and non-degree students who seek to become experts in their respective field of geriatrics. Interprofessional Geriatric Scholar Certification: Funding available for students:\u00b7 $6,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909.jpg",1920,1282,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909-1024x684.jpg",1024,684,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909-1536x1026.jpg",1536,1026,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/pexels-kampus-8949909.jpg",1920,1282,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Sam Stout"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u00b7 $6,000 per student scholar.
\u00b7 Personal iPad supplied to each student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 NP
\u00b7 RN
\u00b7 Social Work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 LVN
\u00b7 CNA
\u00b7 Dentistry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Spiritual Care
\u00b7 Caregiver
\u00b7 And others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u00b7 Facilities that participate may be eligible for $10,000 to support national age friendly certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Educational articles available at apu.agefriendly.care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Associate Professor, Director of Geriatric Programs
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: dpicella@apu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n