As the premier event for athletic training educators, the 2021 Virtual Athletic Training Educators’ Conference will provide attendees the latest insights into athletic training education, live April 29-May 1 and on-demand through May 31.
Each year, the NATA Executive Council for Education recognizes members who exemplify excellence in the field of athletic training education through the Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Educator Award. Named in honor of the first chair of the NATA Professional Education Committee, the award recognizes those who have excelled in promoting athletic training education beyond the local level through service and publishing on athletic training issues.
The NATA Executive Council for Education began its search for a new chair in July 2020. Former NATA Professional Education Committee Chair Brian Vesci, DAT, ATC, was selected as the new ECE chair and will start his term in June 1.
Vesci has been involved with NATA education efforts for a number of years as a member of the PEC, including serving as PEC chair for the past three years. He said he was drawn to education and wanted to be the ECE chair because it would offer him a greater platform to service the profession and affect positive change.
The March NATA News features an article about women in leadership and how to address barriers and challenges to becoming a leader. In honor of Women’s History Month this March, NATA would like to keep this conversation going through a monthlong blog series highlighting our female leaders. Each blog will feature a different NATA council or committee chair, who will share insights into their leadership journey and what they’ve learned along the way.
The NATA Professional Education Committee is hosting a monthly Preceptor Chats Series to provide and promote a preceptor-led, preceptor-attended professional development opportunity. The next chat, which will cover the new CAATE Standards, is at noon CST Feb. 23 and will be moderated by Gary Hanna, LAT, and Paul Capp, MS, LAT, ATC.
The April NATA News featured an article on disablement models and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Below is a more in-depth look at the subject.
By Sara Nottingham, EdD, ATC, Carrie Meyer, EdD, ATC, and Barbara Blackstone, MSS, ATC