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Sports Medicine Legal Digest was created to keep athletic trainers informed on current legal issues that could affect their daily practice. Each issue features article, case summaries and columns related to risk and liability, professional responsibility and ethics.
Journal of Athletic Training article reviewing the unique contexts in which athletic trainers work requires specific tools in order to understand their attitudes toward diverse patient populations, including sexual and gender minorities.
March 2018 NATA News (pdf) article on the importance of using compassionate, respectful language as a health care provider.
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.
October 2017 NATA News article that discusses studying the impact of race, religion, gender and socioeconomic status on health disparities.
Sports Medicine Legal Digest was created to keep athletic trainers informed on current legal issues that could affect their daily practice. Each issue features article, case summaries and columns related to risk and liability, professional responsibility and ethics.
Sports Medicine Legal Digest was created to keep athletic trainers informed on current legal issues that could affect their daily practice. Each issue features article, case summaries and columns related to risk and liability, professional responsibility and ethics.
Sports Medicine Legal Digest was created to keep athletic trainers informed on current legal issues that could affect their daily practice. Each issue features article, case summaries and columns related to risk and liability, professional responsibility and ethics.
As adolescents begin to understand their own identity, those who work in the secondary school setting are in a unique position to make an impact on these young people. With proper education, tools and resources, we can ensure that the impact during a particularly turbulent time is a positive one. More likely than not, an athletic trainer in the secondary school setting at some point will encounter a student who is on this journey.
Article on National Federation of State High School Associations discussing transgender students' participation in school sports and access to facilities.
Article on National Federation of State High School Associations website on developing policies for transgender students on high school teams.
February 2015 NATA News article (pdf) that reviews how understanding different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds can help athletic trainers provide better quality of care.
Journal of Athletic Training article that looks to determine the prevalence of workplace bullying among athletic trainers in the collegiate setting and examine factors that influence its occurrence.
So you have already found that job posting on the NATA Career Center, applied and been contacted for an interview. Other than getting your suit cleaned and copies of your resume printed, what else should you do? Most people will prepare for the usual questions they are asked (“What are your strengths and weaknesses?” “What makes you a great candidate for the job?”) and even some funky ones (“If you were a kind of Athletic Tape what would you be?”). But a wise move would be to have questions to ask the interviewer, more than the common ones (“What is the pay and/or benefits?” “What are the hours?”). Here is a list of great questions that you may want to ask that will show you are knowledgeable and prepared.
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.