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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.

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.

The NATA Private Practice and Entrepreneurship Value Model is a product of the NATA Council on Practice Advancement Private Practice and Emerging Settings Committee. This document is intended for athletic trainers (ATs) and other stakeholders. The information contained in this document may be used as a guide for ATs interested in business ownership and provides best practice recommendations for the private practice setting.

This value model was created to provide a resource for ATs in entrepreneurship to broaden the knowledge base of worth and value in their setting, to assist in presenting their value and worth to stakeholders, expand general business knowledge and understand the value provided to the target market. It is projected that this information will help ATs create and sustain a successful business.
 

The Physician Practice Value Model (PPVM) was developed by the Committee on Practice Advancement to educate athletic trainers, administrators and consumers about athletic training services – especially within the physician practice setting. This document is meant to outline the value and worth an athletic trainer in the physician practice can bring to an institution. As the profession of athletic training continues to grow in stature, this value model will be considered a living document, adapting to economic challenges and public perception. This PPVM will serve as a global overview of other more detailed documents.

The Public Safety Value Model is a product of the Public Safety Committee of the NATA Council on Practice Advancement (COPA). This document is intended for athletic trainers (ATs) and public safety agencies alike. The information contained in this document may be utilized to develop an athletic training program and provides best practice recommendations within the public safety setting

Public safety is an emerging setting athletic trainers are finding themselves in. Two athletic trainers share what it is like to care for firefighters.

ATs work closely with patients from all walks of life, so it's imperative to have a thorough understanding of how patient values such as gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, etc. can affect the delivery of appropriate health care.

As evidenced in the July 2021 NATA News on entrepreneurship, there are several questions and opinions to starting your own business, especially as a health care provider. Athletic trainers interested in providing services independently or through contracted opportunities should understand their options for collecting payments and how those payments are charged.