Training Dates & Locations

The Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty program hosts several trainings each year at university-based movement disorder centers. Nurse faculty are selected through a competitive application process.

Our program model has changed since COVID-19.  Every scholar now participates in 9 hours of self-paced virtual educational modules. Following the self-paced modules, scholars will choose either to:

OPTION 1: Go to a Parkinson’s Disease Clinic for 3 days of in person learning of advanced content, followed by 2 clinical days;

OR

OPTION 2: Participate in two four-hour live zoom sessions for advanced content after which clinicals are scheduled separately and individually at a Parkinson’s Disease Clinic.

Fall 2022 Program

1. All scholars who enroll and are accepted will be given a link to the self-paced modules (9 hours) which must be completed prior to the advanced content days.  Scholars can start and stop the modules, repeat sections, etc. at their own pace. Modules will be available from September 1 to November 10, 2022.
2. Scholars will register for one of the 3 three-day on-site programs offered:
   Option 1
   October 3 – 5, 2022
   Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Center, Phoenix, Arizona
   Option 2
   November 8 – 10, 2022
   Struthers’ Parkinson’s Center, Golden Valley, MN
   Option 3
   November 14 – 16, 2022
   University of California/San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center
   Option 4
   Virtual training for advanced content over two sessions:
   Thursday, October 27, 2022 from 12:15PM -5 PM EST and
   Friday, October 28, 2022 from 9AM – 1 PM EST    

   For scholars who choose the virtual option 4, clinicals will be scheduled separately and individually, and will require travel for most scholars

Important Dates

Applications Accepted
Monday, May 2, through Thursday, September 15, 2022
Submit application: https://cvent.me/zRDNZV

Applicants will be notified of Acceptance by:
Sunday, September 25, 2022

Part 1 – self paced online sessions
Must be completed ONE FULL week prior to start of advanced training

Part 2 – Advanced In-person training OR Live Virtual Sessions -

Part 3 – Clinical Work/Support Group

Part 4 – Independent Project

Upon completion, the scholar will receive a $2,000 stipend and 50 nursing contact hours. 

This continuing nursing education activity has been submitted to the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurse Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation to offer a maximum of 50 nursing contact hours.