Athletic training is health care in work, life and sport.
Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who are licensed or otherwise regulated to work with athletes and physically active people to prevent, diagnose and treat injuries and other emergency, acute and chronic medical conditions including cardiac abnormalities and heat stroke. Specify where necessary to distinguish from personal trainers, who focus primarily on fitness. (AP)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the medical landscape – including patient and professional communications, reducing risk of injury and recovery, wearable data, administrative workflows, medical education, emergency preparedness and business efficiency. An interdisciplinary group of health care experts will address these topics along with practical and hands-on examples of how AI is transforming their own education and workplace settings. Topics will also include what’s ahead, what happens to the human element in overall communications and how AI continues to help improve quality of care.
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