Rural Geriatrics Career Network
The network is designed to create a repository of geriatrics career resources and a professional network between clinical trainees. Learn more about geriatric career resources, network with other interprofessional geriatrics trainees, students, residents, and fellows in building a career network today!
Learn more about geriatrics:
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Current and upcoming educational opportunities
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Meet and network with others on the network
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Mentorship and early exposure to geriatrics as a career field
Complete this brief survey with your interest in the Rural Geriatrics Career Network
Network Opportunities!
Rural Geriatrics Career Conversations
Welcome to our conversation series, hosted by Lisa Osvold, where we explore the world of geriatrics through conversations with leading geriatric specialists. Each episode features an expert who shares their unique journey and passion for working with older adults, offering inspiration for aspiring healthcare professionals.
Geriatrics Career Resources Collection
A collection of resources on training and career development in geriatrics. Collection includes: info and definitions of careers in geriatrics, training and Post-Doc Opportunities, career resources including advise, professional organizations, and resources and information on research in geriatrics.
The Student Success Resource Guide
The Student Success Resource Guide is designed to help clinical trainees and students navigate the challenges of life and school through connection to community and campus resources in Wyoming. Guides available for Albany, Natrona and Fremont Counties!
Aging Minor
Now is the perfect time to consider a Minor in Aging Studies from UW! People are living
longer than ever before and populations are aging worldwide. The gift of old age presents
numerous opportunities in a wide variety of careers. The demand for professionals
with expertise in aging is growing rapidly. Whether your interest is in healthcare,
social services, business, or a number of other fields, a Minor in Aging Studies will
complement your declared major.
Wyoming Family Practice Geriatric Fellowship
The goal of this program is to train internists and family practitioners for careers
in clinical practice, teaching, administration and research in geriatrics, with an
emphasis on rural care of geriatric patients. This program is intended and structured
to provide and/or facilitate the acquisition of the knowledge, clinical and interpersonal
skills, professional attitudes, behaviors and experience required for a successful
career in geriatric medicine, whether institutional, academic, clinical, or private
practice.
Other Opportunites
Helping Hands Grants: https://www.apaf.org/impact/community/helping-hands-grants
The Helping Hands Grants Program provides grants of up to $5,000 to medical schools
for mental health and substance use disorder projects, particularly in under-served
minority communities. Funded projects are created and managed by medical students
and can be conducted in partnership with community agencies, or in conjunction with
ongoing medical school outreach activities.
The National Register of Health Service Psychologists: the professional home of Health Service Psychologists
- National Register/American Psychological Foundation Internship Travel Scholarship: These $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually to psychology doctoral students who will transition to an APA/CPA accredited internship in a new geographic location later that year. Applicants for the $1,000 scholarship are selected based on both their stated goals as a health service psychologist and economic need.
- The Next Generation Fund: Our Next Generation Fund supports doctoral students in psychology with a $1,000 scholarship towards relocation to their internship site. Offered in conjunction with the American Psychological Foundation, we’ve awarded $220,000 through Internship Travel Scholarships since 2022!
- Associate Program: Join our community of psychology doctoral students and trainees. Psychology students enrolled in a doctoral program (e.g., PsyD, PhD, EdD) that is accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association are eligible to join the National Register Associate Program for free at any stage of their doctoral training. By joining the National Register Associate Program, you are entering a community of 15,000 psychology doctoral students, trainees, and licensed psychologists across the United States and Canada
More opportunities coming! Contact WyCOA for more info on any of these opportunities.
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