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NATA’s Council on Practice Advancement (COPA) Public Safety panel presents a critical conversation featuring experts from the Public Safety Athletic Trainers Society and COPA addressing the rise in preventable deaths and life-threatening incidents among law enforcement academy recruits—particularly those linked to heat illness and sickle cell trait complications. Moderator: Maura Shea, DAT, LAT, ATC, Executive Director, Public Safety Athletic Trainers Society Panelists: Anna August, MS, LAT, ATC with Fairfax County Police Department, Traci Tauferner, LAT, ATC, CSCS with Advanced Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine and Miranda Zamora-Williams, DAT, LAT, ATC with OrthoLive

This poster outlines the role and benefits of ATs in the public safety workplace.

This poster outlines the beneficial role ATs play in the private practice workplace.

Throughout 2025, NATA News is partnering with the NATA Student Leadership Committee to create tip sheets for NATA’s student members.This tip sheet provides suggestions for making the most of our your convention experience.

The skills and knowledge acquired in professional education translate to treating clients and patients effectively in a variety of employment settings. As employment in the emerging settings has increased, we have started to identify additional skills and knowledge that are beyond our entry-level education and specific to that setting. Identification of this specific content will help athletic trainers identify related continuing education and improve their ability to provide excellent care.

Revenue models contain information that will help ATs maintain and improve their positions by quantifying their worth to the organization. Revenue models include: Secondary School Value Model, College/University Value Model, Physician Practice Value Model and the Public Safety Value Model.