Geriatric Specialist Certification Pathways and Resources

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Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist?
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The specialist certification program was established in 1978 by the American Physical Therapy Association. The purpose of the program is to identify physical therapists with advanced clinical knowledge and experience. The American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) coordinates and oversees the specialist certification process.

Are you considering taking the exam? Complete APTA's Self-Assessment.

 

Resource List

The APTA Geriatrics resource list is free to download for members and nonmembers. We encourage anyone taking the Board Certification in Geriatric Physical Therapy exam to join APTA Geriatrics and further enhance your career in geriatric physical therapy.

Download the Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist Examination Resource List

 

How to Become a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy

  1. Review the eligibility and application information on the ABPTS website
  1. You must complete one of the following two paths to Certification before applying for the exam:
    • Create a portfolio as outlined by ABPTS. Portfolios encompass independent completion of all requirements (including 2,000 hours of direct patient care in geriatric physical therapy) needed to become a board-certified clinical specialist. More detailed information and steps to complete Geriatric Specialty Certification via Portfolio can be found at www.abpts.org.
    • Complete an APTA-accredited post-professional clinical residency. A residency program is a post-professional planned learning experience that prepares physical therapists with the required knowledge and skills needed to become board-certified clinical specialists through structured mentored experiences. Please visit www.abptrfe.org for more information about APTA accredited residency programs in Geriatrics
  2. Start your preparation early!
  3. Complete the exam application from the ABPTS website
  4. Once approved by the ABPTS to sit for the exam, you will receive a letter (usually by January 1st) with instructions to schedule the exam at a local testing center (usually February and March).
  5. Prepare to take the Exam!
  6. Take the exam. Pass/fail notification usually arrives late June.
  7. All newly certified specialists will be recognized at the Combined Sections Meeting (held each year in February).
 

Geriatric Accredited Residencies and Fellowships

A 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 and prepare you for Board Certification. The currently credentialed residency programs in geriatric physical therapy are listed on the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship webpage.

Application forms and information are available at https://specialization.apta.org. For more information, contact the Specialist Certification Program at 800-999-2782, ext 8520 or spec-cert@apta.org.

 

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Rachelle Vera Abante, PT
khaled Abozeid, PT, DPT
Christina Abramiuk, PT
Gabriel Alain, PT, DPT
Kelly Melissa Albers, PT
Diana Albert, PT
Janice Albores, PT, DPT
Jennifer Alden, PT
Sabine T. Alix, PT, DPT
Sarah Allen, PT, DPT
Chad Aly, PT
Darren A. Anderson, PT, DPT
Rachelle Anderson, PT
Caitlyn Anderson, PT, DPT
Lance Angelle, PT, DPT
Lakshmi Arumugam, PT, DPT
Jennifer Asuncion, PT
Steven Babcock, PT
Courtney Baileys, PT, DPT
Trevor Baker, PT
Archebal Balaoy, PT, DPT
Priti Balodi, PT
Benjamin Banas Jr, PT
William Behrns, PT, DPT
Sharon Bentley, PT, DPT
Aileen Brew, PT, DPT
Elizabeth Burgess, PT, MS
Minerva Zaniebeth Cailao, PT
Anthony Cali, PT
MA ANTONETTE B CALIMAG, PT
Jessica Deering, PT, DPT
Michael Capps, PT, DPT
Maribeth Caranto, PT
Kenneth G. Cariaso, PT, DPT
Kristin Carlson, PT, DPT
Chan Casabal, PT, DPT
Melissa Casimir, PT, BSPT
Christine Cass, PT
Marian Princess Cerisier, PT, BSPT
Heather Chastain, PT, DPT
Elizabeth Choma, PT, DPT
Samantha Christensen, PT, DPT
Emily Clarke, PT, DPT
Kelsey Cocron, PT, DPT
Courtney Comstock-Elizondo, PT, DPT
Nicole Corsi, PT, DPT
Stephen Corvini, PT, DPT
Richard Courtney, PT
Lynne Coy-Kaminski, PT
Alison Coyle, PT, DPT
Julie Crenshaw, PT, DPT
Karen Anabelle Cuesta, PT, DPT
Lisa Marie Cundey, PT
Dominique Da Silva, PT, DPT
Allyssa Blanche Dans, PT
Kristen Davis, PT, DPT
Osvaldo De La Cruz, PT
Gertz Kirby De Leon, PT, DPT
Ronald De Viana, PT
Jose Miguel santino Del Mar, PT
Kathleen Delaney, PT, DPT
Brittany J. DePietropaolo, PT, DPT
Samidha S Deshmukh, PT, DPT
Christina Diehl, PT
Elizabeth Dimaano, PT, DPT
Dianel Domingo-Cayoca, PT
Andrew Doubek, PT
Lyle Daniel DSouza, PT, DPT
Shannon Dudash, PT
Lindsay Dunstan, PT
Demmie Durham, PT, DPT
Rebecca Elmitt, PT, DPT
Ann Elsasser-Root, PT, DPT
Ramon Engracia, PT
Dean Evangelista, PT, DPT
Katherine Fagan, PT, MPT
Kara Farris, PT, MPT
Kathleen Farroba, PT, DPT
Alice Fasnacht, PT
Cody L Fisher, PT
Molly Fitterer, PT, DPT
Aaron Florea, PT, DPT
Jennifer Freda, PT, DPT
Stephanie Fullerton, PT, DPT
Diana Funk, PT, DPT
Elias Galvan, PT
Laura Garza, PT
Brittany M Geiser, PT, DPT
Emily Germain, PT, DPT
Alexandra Germano, PT
Karl Gilliam, PT, DPT
Nora Gilligan-Havens, PT
Melissa Goff, PT, DPT
Kelley Gray, PT
Lauren Greer, PT, DPT
Marjorie Guarin, PT, DPT
Lisa M Guillory, PT, DPT, MS
Alexandria Hajjafar, PT
Erin Halla, PT
Aaron Hannigan, PT, DPT
Alyssa Harrison, PT
Shelby Hart, PT, DPT
Victoria Harvey, PT, DPT
Melissa Hawkins, PT
Ellen Hosking, PT, DPT
Megan Howard, PT, DPT
Kathryn Howington, PT, DPT
Scott Humason, PT, DPT
Brittany Hutchens, PT, DPT
Amanda Hutcherson, PT, DPT
Michelle Iorio, PT, DPT
Rajeshwari Iyer, PT, DPT
Avani Jani, PT, MPT
Teena John, PT
Courtney Johnson, PT, DPT
Garrick Jones, PT, DPT
Chelsea Jordan, PT, DPT
paula kaiser, PT
Felice Kawka, PT, DPT
Joy Kerrigan, PT, DPT
Kaylee Kimber, PT, DPT
Zackary Kleven, PT, DPT
Lisa Kokx, PT, DPT, MA
Nancy Laird, PT
Courtney Lancaster, PT, DPT
Zykia LaRue, PT
Mary Layshock, PT
Wanli Lei, PT
Emily Lesser, PT, DPT
Horace Leung, PT
Fatima Lewis, PT
Joshua Lindquist, PT, DPT
Peter Liu, PT
Brian Lloyd, PT
Roselie Louissaint, PT, DPT
Allison Lovering, PT
Deborah Madanayake, PT, JD
Phillip Magee, PT, DPT
Maureen A. Mancuso, PT, DPT
Brooke Marshall, PT
Beverly Martin, PT, DPT
Heather Mattson, PT, DPT
Sara Mayle, PT, DPT
Alexander McCulley, PT
Sean McFadden, PT, DPT
Jennifer McGrath, PT, DPT
Melissa McGuinness, PT, DPT
Karena McKenzie, PT
Dr. Benjamin McLane, PT
Amethyst Messer, PT, DPT
Kaileen Ann Metzger, PT, DPT
Michael Miller, PT, MS
Charlene Miller, PT
MaryEllen Monteiro, PT, DPT
Monica Nicole Morales, PT
Beth Anne Morris, PT
Kaitlin Mullen, PT, DPT
Christina Murdock, PT, DPT
Maria Teresa Astadan Nakila, PT, DPT
Megan Nauman, PT, DPT
Boingoc Hoang Nguyen-Le, PT, BSPT
Wendy Nigro, PT
Rachael Nobbs, PT, DPT
Jennifer Obrien, PT
Michelle Olson, PT, DPT
Brian Owens, PT, DPT
Lauren Pacho, PT, DPT
Wesley Pack, PT, DPT
Kathleen Palmer, PT, DPT, MS
Nicole Pappas, PT, DPT
Avani Patel, PT
Alana Patrick, PT
Allyson Perrotti, PT, DPT
Brooke Pettyjohn, PT
CARLOS PINEDA, PT, DPT
Brenda Pipkin, PT
Emily Polakowski, PT, DPT
Jenifer Pugliese, PT, DPT
Venkatesan Rajagopal, PT, DPT
Jessica Reichl, PT, DPT
Neha Rekapalli, PT, DPT
Deborah Rentmeester, PT
Jillian Robinson, PT
Kelli Rogl, PT, DPT
Lindsey Rohde, PT, DPT
Seth J. Rohde, PT, DPT
Leigh Ronald, PT, DPT
Donna Ross, PT, DPT
Nicolette Ruffler, PT, DPT
Emily Ruiz, PT, DPT
Erica Russell, PT
Jonas Sablan, PT
Shallee Saquing, PT
April Sasot, PT, DPT
Katherine Scarbrough, PT, DPT
Thomas Scerbo, PT
Lisa Scheller, PT
Cassandra Schierling, PT
Lorie Schleck, PT, BSPT
Christopher Schoolfield, PT, DPT
Holly Schultes, PT, DPT
Jason Michael Schwarz, PT
Clarice Serrano, PT
Kevin Shaddock, PT, DPT
Ricky Shah, PT, MPT
Meera D Shah, PT, DPT
Jerri Shepard, PT, DPT, LMBT, MEd
Alyssa George, PT
Ulka P. Shukla, PT, MA
Rose Marie Shun, PT
Lisa Siegl, PT, DPT
Ian Sikora, PT
Jenny Silbernagel, PT
Rose Channey Faith Peniero Siroy, PT, BSPT
Elizabeth Meisinger, PT, DPT
Annelies Smith, PT, DPT
Victoria Smith, PT
Zachary Sommermeyer, PT, DPT
Emma Stayduhar, PT, DPT
Maureen Stevens, PT, DPT
Katherine Stone-Yeck, PT
Jennifer Sy, PT
Donna Sylvester, PT, DPT
Sarah Taliaferro, PT, DPT
Samantha Tan, PT, DPT
Julie Ann C. Tan, PT, DPT
Jermain McNeel Tezeno, PT, OTR/L, DPT
Sarah Evans, PT, DPT
Daniel Thomson, PT, MSPT
Alexandra Torres, PT, DPT
Kristina Troyer, PT
Allison Trzaskos, PT, DPT
Lilian Velasco, PT, DPT
Leah Vivero, PT, DPT, ATC
Suzanne Wagner, PT, MPT
Lauren A. Waits, PT, DPT
Jacklyn Ward, PT
Lauren Parsonage, PT, DPT
Stacey Wenker, PT, DPT
Vanessa White, PT
Rebecca White, PT, DPT
Brent Wilkey, PT, DPT
Kristen E. Wolf, PT, DPT
Carole Wong, PT, BSPT
Morgan Kaye Wright, PT, DPT
Stephanie Wu, PT, DPT
Anna Yakubov, PT
Kelly Yerkes, PT, DPT
Gregory Young, PT, MPT
Lauren Yoxall, PT
Emily J Zipoy, PT, DPT

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