NATA EducATe: New Courses in August
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New courses are constantly being added to the platform to ensure you have the knowledge needed to stay up to date in your practice and earn CEUs.
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ATEC Recap
A snowstorm in Dallas couldn't stop us from having our biggest Athletic Training Educators' Conference of all time last week! The event's 598 registrants was an all-time record.
NATM Challenge Project From Marsha Grant-Ford and Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation
Marsha Grant-Ford has partnered with the Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation to create a challenge project for undergraduate students to celebrate National Athletic Training Month. The DJCF Reading Challenge Contest is for Athletic Training Student Clubs associated with CAATE approved athletic training education programs. The challenge will take place from March 15 to April 4.
Video Highlights From NATM 2015
We have already seen some great photos posted over the past two weeks using the #NATM2015 hashtag. These all qualify for inclusion in our Social Media Contest, but they are not the only way to do so. Videos promoting National Athletic Training Month have been showing up as well and they will be counted too. So if you are feeling the creative motivation, or just are more comfortable working with the moving image, feel free to post your own video. Here are some of the videos ATs have already posted:
Genetic Testing, A Crystal Ball For ATs?
Another, however, is to prepare injured athletes to return to play and to assist coaches with the preparation of healthy athletes in ways that make injury less likely.
2015 Youth Sports Safety Summit
In a continued effort to keep young athletes safe, NATA and the Youth Sports Safety Alliance hosted the sixth annual Youth Sports Safety Summit in Dallas, Texas on March 2. This year’s forum built on the success of prior summits and addressed the day-long theme of Navigating the Athletic Health Care System, focusing on athletic play in community/league sports as well as school-based athletics.
Great First Week For NATM 2015
Is Derrick Rose Injury Prone? Who among us is not?
Gapski will be busy with Johnny Oduya, who is out another week or so with an “upper body” injury, suffered nine days ago. Then, just two days later, leading scorer Patrick Kane suffered an “upper body” injury of his own.
Inaugural Youth Sports Safety Ambassador Awards
The first-ever Youth Sports Safety Ambassador Awards were presented during today's Youth Sports Safety Summit in Dallas. The Youth Sports Safety Ambassador award recognizes an individual or entity that has made a significant contribution to advancing athlete safety based on one of two criteria:
- By providing exemplary youth sports safety protocols and care that sets a precedent and/or model that others can follow.
Get Ready for National Athletic Training Month
It’s almost March, and we have many fun activities planned for National Athletic Training Month. The following are a few of the contests and initiatives we’ll be offering in March. We hope you’ll join the fun and help us promote the profession!
#NATM2015 Social Media Contest
Capitol Hill Day 2015
Athletic trainers representing 24 states joined us in Washington, DC, today for our biggest advocacy event of the year, Capitol Hill Day. Attendees conducted 192 meetings with legislators in support of the three pieces of legislation introduced last week:
- H.R. 829 / S. 436: SAFE PLAY (Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth) Act
- H.R. 921: Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act
- H.Res. 112 / S. Res. 83: Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights