Physician Extender Setting

For more information on the Physician Extender Setting, contact Forrest Pecha on the CEPAT committee.

Athletic trainers (ATs) are routinely employed in hospitals, clinics and orthopedic, family, pediatric, physiatry and sports medicine office practices. ATs working in these settings improve productivity, patient outcomes and satisfaction. They help move patients more effectively and efficiently through the appointment, evaluation and treatment process. By providing quality services to more patients in the same period of time, physicians are able to increase patient throughput and revenue generation. Today many physicians are choosing to hire athletic trainers as a part of their office staff. Athletic trainers provide value to the practice through skills in triage, taking patient histories, performing evaluations, providing instruction on exercise prescriptions, rehabilitation and general patient education.

• Athletic Training in the Physician Office Setting: An FAQ for Athletic Trainers
• Certified Athletic Trainers - An Evaluation of Their Effect on Patient Throughput and Revenue Generation in a Primary Care Sports Medicine Practice
• The Athletic Trainer as Orthopedic Physician Extender
• Practice Profiles:  Athletic Trainers in Orthopedic Offices