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One of the missions of the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee is the promotion of athletic trainers as leaders in issues related to cultural competence and professional diversity within the health care professions.

By Daniel Ruedeman, MA, ATC, LAT

When you think of the physician practice setting, what do you think about?

In January, the NATA Board of Directors approved a proposal to restructure and expand the NATA College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee (CUATC) into the Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine (ICSM) to address the varying needs of athletic trainers working in this diverse setting.

Call for Applications

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Athletic Training

The Journal of Athletic Training (JAT) Editor-in-Chief (EIC) position becomes available in June 2018. The term of appointment is two years and can be renewed twice, with agreement between the EIC and NATA, for a total of six years of service. The term begins in June 2018. However, the candidate must be able to begin work with the current JAT EIC and Journal Committee (JC) starting in June 2017.

The March NATA News features a skin injury infographic handout based on the new NATA position statement “Management of Acute Skin Trauma.” The handout details the proper way to clean and dress a wound and provides tips for after care and follow-up. This is an useful resource that can be distributed to members of your community, including parents, athletes and coaches.

In the March NATA News, we celebrated our hundreds of volunteers in honor of National Volunteer Month this April. Several NATA committee members shared why they decided to give back to the association, what they’ve gained from their experiences and why they think others should get involved as well. Learn more about NATA’s various volunteer opportunities and get involved. Here is a continuation of our volunteer Q&A:

Below is the text of a letter sent by NATA President Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC, to Tom Price, recently confirmed secretary of health and human services: 

On behalf of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), I am writing to congratulate you on your confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

By Stacey Ritter, MS, ATC and Dale Grooms, ATC

Since its modern inception, the profession of athletic training has long been a tradition of acquiring knowledge from those professionals already in the field. In the current model of athletic training, it has become essential to blend a challenging and rigorous formal education with practical application and clinical decision making needed to become a competent athletic training professional. This would not be possible without the preceptors every athletic training program needs and relies on as part of their formal curriculum. The NATA Preceptor of the Year award seeks to r

Slated to officially launch in the spring of this year, the much anticipated ATs Care program is taking off! 

The ATs Care Program is designed to aid athletic trainers and/or athletic training students in the aftermath of a critical incident; such as a death occurring to an athlete or colleague, or other disturbing situation that affects the AT. ATs Care encourages ATs to seek initial peer-support through state or regional AT CISM teams when available.