Your journey as an athletic trainer doesn’t stop when you earn your credential. It grows stronger with the support of your professional home. This membership renewal season, NATA Now is sharing how ATs of all career stages have found home at NATA and embody this year’s campaign, “I am NATA.” Join or renew your membership for 2027 now.
On Oct. 15, the athletic training profession hosted a conversation titled “From Education to Practice: An Athletic Training Town Hall,” a 60-minute interactive conversation on the move from school or residency into a first professional role. The town hall discussed how new athletic trainers enter practice with strong knowledge, and what they most need is confidence – built through progressive autonomy, intentional onboarding and mentorship.
Starting your career as a newly certified athletic trainer is exciting, but it can also bring real anxiety. You’re stepping into high-stakes environments, learning to function as a health care professional with autonomy for the first time. Your compensation, work-life balance or uncertainty about your setting don’t need to add to those concerns.
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, NATA is highlighting women leaders who are working to advance the athletic training profession at the state, district and national l
Various NATA committees presented their awards during the 76th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo June 24-27 in Orlando. Congratulations to this year’s NATA committee award winners! For a complete list of the 2025 committee award recipients, read the “Celebrating Committee Award Winners” NATA Now article.
Congratulations to this year’s NATA committee award winners! Learn more about NATA’s awards and attend the 76th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo June 24-27 in Orlando, where many of these recipients will be recognized.
The NATA Early Professionals’ Committee has launched a resource aimed at helping new athletic trainers find the right fit for their first – and future – job.
The 75th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo, June 25-28 in New Orleans, is approaching – and registration is now open. As we get ready for convention, NATA Now is looking back at convention history as well as what to know about NATA 2024.
Early professional athletic training employment has been ailed with issues such as decreased compensation, expanded work expectations, challenges with work-life balance and other factors affecting employee recruitment and retention, said NATA Early Professionals’ Committee Chair Emily Mulkey, MS, LAT, ATC.
Early professional ATs and new graduates are invited to attend the NATA Connection and Engagement Committee Early Professionals Meet and Greet at 6 p.m. CDT May 17. During this free event, recent graduates and early professionals can learn about the committee and NATA’s various member resources.