NATA Names Mollie Pillman as Executive Director
NATA announced that Mollie Pillman, MS, MBA, CAE, will begin her role as executive director Sept. 2. Pillman was selected following a highly competitive national search led by executive search firm Vetted Solutions.
Gearing Up for Grad School
By Thad Walker, MS, ATC
Millikin University
HBO "State of Play" Series Addresses Hot Topics in Sports, Consequences of Concussion
by John Doherty, ATC, PT
Help Us Choose the #ATsAre Winner!
The #ATsAre Social Media Contest ended last week and the response was fantastic. We received nearly 150 photo entries and the hashtag was used almost 900 times during the contest. So who will be taking home the prizes? Well, that’s where we need your help. We were so impressed by the creativity shown in the number of entries we received that we had a hard time choosing who we thought was the very best. We did manage to narrow it down to 15 of our favorite entries (which was a tough task in itself!) but now we need your help to choose the winners.
NATA Technical Bylaws Change Notice
Dear NATA member,
The NATA Board of Directors recently approved a technical change to the association’s bylaws. There are two types of bylaws changes - one is substantive, which requires member votes at our district meetings. These are significant changes such as board member term limits. The second type, technical changes, are to clean up or clarify language. As a matter of process, we ensured the change we are sharing with you today was a technical one with NATA’s legal counsel.
Rehab and the Rockettes: Injury Prevention in the Performing Arts Setting
In her office at Radio City Music Hall, old magazines and photos of the Radio City Rockettes through the years decorate the walls. As she sits at her desk, Elaine Winslow-Redmond, MS, ATC, EMT, head athletic trainer and director of athletic training and wellness for the Radio City Rockettes, recalls how the cozy room once served as the entire athletic training treatment area many years ago.
The Business of Athletic Training: Webinar Series
Study: Despite New Technology, Helmets Work Best When They Fit Properly
by John Doherty, ATC, PT
CMS Reverses Proposed Rule Change that was Detrimental to Athletic Training
NATA and other entities supportive of athletic training came to the defense of the profession over the summer after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that could have negatively affected athletic trainers if implemented as written.
This work paid off on Friday, Oct. 31, when CMS released the final rule and decided not to move forward with the proposed changes.
Midway #ATsAre Contest Update
A few weeks ago we started a new social media contest that accompanied the unveiling of our new convention website. It was built around the philosophy that there are many words that can be used to describe athletic trainers, but only one word that brings them all together, that word being convention. So we put the call out to tell us what word you think best describes ATs and post it using the hashtag #ATsAre with a photo or video.