NATA Accredited Post-Professional Residency Programs

After several years of studying models of residency education and training in other health professions, the Executive Committee for Education announced the development and release of the NATA Post-Professional Athletic Training Residency Accreditation Standards and Guidelines.

Post-Professional Athletic Training Residency Standards & Guidelines

Version 1.2

**Version 1.2 incorporates administrative adjustments with no changes to the Standards from the previous version.

The purpose of post-professional residency programs in athletic training is to provide advanced preparation of athletic training practitioners through a planned program of clinical and didactic education in specialized content areas using an evidence-based approach to enhance the quality of patient care, optimize patient outcomes, and improve patients’ health-related quality of life.

Direct questions regarding the NATA Post-Professional Athletic Training Residency Accreditation Standards and Guidelines to:

Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Chair, Post-Professional Education Council
480.219.6031
esauers@atsu.edu

The companion document, "Pursuing and Maintaining Accreditation of Post-Professional Residency Programs," has been completed. This document will serve to operationalize the development, implementation, and maintenance of an NATA accredited post-professional athletic training residency program. More specifically, this document will provide information concerning the self-study processes, accreditation timelines, accreditation actions, and associated fees.

Pursuing and Maintaining Accreditation of Post-Professional Residency Programs

Version 1.0

Pursuing and Maintaining Forms

Form 1 (Cover Page)

Form 2 (Self-Study Data Form)

Direct questions regarding the accreditation process and the NATA Pursuing and Maintaining Accreditation of Post-Professional Residency Program to:

Bonnie Van Lunen, PhD, ATC
Chair, Post-Professional Education Review Council
757.683.3516
bvanlune@odu.edu

Information regarding NATA accredited post-professional residency programs will be provided here once programs successfully move through the accreditation process, which typically takes a minimum of one year. Therefore, we do not expect that any programs will obtain accreditation prior to the spring of 2011.