2009 Athletic Training Educators’ Conference

Feb. 21 and 22
Washington, DC

 

  • ATEC registration fee is $270 early bird, ($320 if postmarked after January 2) and includes welcome reception, feature presentations, Saturday and Sunday luncheons, breakout sessions, and exhibits. Even though the conference is in Washington, DC, there is no price increase from 2007. Last day to register is February 6, 2009.

 

ATEC Events

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ATEC Pre-Conference workshops

Friday, February 20, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)
2009 pre-conference workshops are:
  

Best Practices in Athletic Training and Accreditation
                        Presented by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training
                        Education (CAATE)

                        (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Preparing a Useful Manuscript Review
                        Presented by the Journal of Athletic Training
Strategies for Millennial Students and Candidates:
    Beyond Multiple Choice Examinations
                        Presented by the Board of Certification
Evidence Based Practice: Assessing Athletic Training Outcomes  
                        Presented by the NATA Foundation Research Committee
Evidence-Based Concepts for Clinical Practice Education: 
  A Study  Investigating the Effectiveness of a Single-Day Workshop
                        Presented by Bonnie Van Lunen, PhD, ATC and Sara Brown, MS, ATC                         (1 p.m. – 5 p.m.)

         

ATEC Schedule of Events
Saturday, February 21
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Understanding the Millennial Generation: Current Perspectives and
Learning Strategies  
Michele Monaco, MS, ATC
Malissa Martin, EdD, ATC
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Multiple Generations of Athletic Trainers: Implications for Clinical Education
Jennifer Livingston, MS, ATC
Phil Ford, PhD, ATC
Chris Schmidt, PhD, ATC
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  Understanding and Utilizing Best Practice Strategies for Facilitating Online Learning
Kirk Armstrong EdD, ATC, LAT
Thomas Weidner PhD, ATC, LAT
11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Robert S. Behnke Keynote Addresses & Distinguished Athletic Training Educator Luncheon
Doug Casa, PhD, ATC, FACSM
R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC, CSCS

Danny Foster, PhD, ATC, LAT

Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Twelve Concurrent Breakout Sessions
See list of breakout sessions below
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.  Twelve Concurrent Breakout Sessions
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Socialization of Athletic Training Clinical Instructors
Alice Wilcoxson, PhD, ATC, PT
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  Welcome Reception and Poster Presentation
Sunday, February 22
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Education Council/CAATE/BOC Roundtable
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Issues and Answers
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  Twelve Concurrent Breakout Sessions
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Twelve Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Closing Plenary

    

Breakout Sessions

The 2009 Athletic Training Educators’ Conference features four breakout themes: 

Theme I:  Strategies for Earning Tenure and Promotion
Theme II: Innovative Classroom Strategies
Theme III: Clinical Education Today
Theme IV: Program Director Issues and Answers

Sessions:

  • Beyond the Self Study: Strategies to Maximize Program Evaluation, Speaker: Sara Brown, MS, ATC
  • Building Bridges, Mending Fences: Strategies for Restoring Damaged Relationships with Faculty, Staff or ACIs, Speaker: Paula Maxwell, PhD, ATC
  • Developing Your Own Road Map: The Journey of Promotion and Tenure, Speaker: Malissa Martin, EdD, ATC
  • Graduated Approach to Teaching Critical Appraisal of Athletic Training Evidence, Speakers: John Parsons, MS, ATC, LAT, Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, LAT
  • Improving Reading Comprehension Ability of the Millennial Athletic Training Student, Speaker: Tim Laurent, EdD, ATC, VATL
  • Introducing Standardized Patients and How They Can Be Used to Educate and Evaluate Athletic Training Students' Clinical Proficiencies, Speaker: Stacy  Walker, PhD, ATC
  • Involving Ethics Education Throughout the Curriculum: The Key to Professional Evolution of Millennial Student, Speaker: Kimberly Peer, EdD, ATC, Gretchen Schlabach  PhD, ATC
  • "Millennial" Students: Using Technology to Teach and Assess Athletic Training Knowledge, Speaker: Jason Bennett, DA, ATC
  • Online Evaluation Schemas for Athletic Training Clinical Education, Speaker: Thomas Weidner PhD, ATC, LAT, Kirk Armstrong EdD, ATC, LAT
  • Reaching Today's Athletic Training Students Through an Effective Academic Advising Program, Speaker: Russ Richardson, EdD, ATC
  • Strategies for Socializing the ACI, Speaker: Alice Wilcoxson   PhD, ATC, PT
  • Successful Interventions to Prepare for Promotion & Tenure That Are Not Taught in Graduate School, Jeff Konin, PhD, ATC, PT
  • Teaching Thinking & Thinking Teaching: Clinical Reasoning in Athletic Training Education, Speaker: Paul Geisler,  EdD, ATC, Kent Scriber, ATC, PT
  • The Use of a Web-based Computer Examination in Athletic Training Courses, Speaker: David Stuckey, MS, ATC, LAT
  • Using Games and Puzzles as Teaching Tools to Enhance Athletic Training Student Learning and Retention, Speaker: David Berry, PhD, ATC, LAT, Valerie Herzog, EdD, ATC, LAT
  • Using Progressive Disclosure Problem Based Learning in Athletic Training Education, Speaker: Michelle Lesperance, MS, ATC, LAT, Jolene Henning EdD, ATC, LAT

 

Breakout sessions are repeated three times throughout the weekend.  Be sure to register early to get your first choices.

 

ATEC Exhibitors

See the list of 2009 exhibitors.
Exhibit Info: Register to exhibit at the conference.

 

A call for abstracts is being issued for the Technology Pre-Conference Workshop
to be held February 20, 2009.