; 38 U.S.C. 7601 note); (6) the Physician Assistant Education and Training Pilot Program for Former Members of The Armed Forces under section 246 of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–141 ; 38 U.S.C. 7601 note); and (7) such other programs as the Secretary considers appropriate. 102. Improvement of workforce training and team models to meet the needs of older veterans (a) Rural geriatrics team training The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall expand the Rural Interdisciplinary Team Training program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to not fewer than one rural site in each Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department and ensure access at such sites to learning opportunities through the Geriatric Scholars Program of the Department. (b) Training on caring for veterans with memory loss (1) In general The Secretary shall provide continuing professional education for clinical staff of the Department who provide care for veterans with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. (2) Implementation The Secretary shall implement the continuing professional education required under paragraph (1) in consultation with the Office of Rural Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs established under section 7308 of title 38, United States Code, in order to ensure equitable access to learning opportunities for employees of the Department in rural and highly rural areas. (c) Expansion of Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team model and Geriatric and Palliative Specialty Services (1) In general The Secretary shall expand the Geriatrics Patient Aligned Care Team model and the geriatric and palliative specialty services of the Department of Veterans Affairs— (A) to every medical center of the Department; (B) to any community-based outpatient clinic at which such expansion is determined by the Secretary to be feasible and needed