Education Resources

Host an Immersive Clinical Experience

Are you interested in hosting an athletic training student? Share your immersive clinical experience opportunity by completing the submission form. Once approved, your site will be added to our searchable database for students to explore.

For those interested in becoming a new clinical site for students, the following resources may help.

• Start Here for New Clinical Sites (video) (video)

• Checklist for New Clinical Sites (pdf)

Resources on Patient Encounters

Resources to support athletic training programs in documenting, analyzing, and leveraging patient encounter data. These materials provide practical guidance on key considerations, data collection tools, and strategies for using data to demonstrate program impact and inform decision-making.

• A Blueprint for Patient Encounters (pdf)

• Let's Talk About Patient Encounters (video)

Coordinator of Clinical Education Resources

Athletic training clinical education plays a critical role in a student’s professional preparation. The responsibilities of the coordinator of clinical education (CCE) often include tracking and planning student clinical progression, clinical site evaluations, student evaluation, preceptor training and preceptor evaluation as well as support and mentoring of students. Shannon David, PhD, AT, Ashley Thrasher, EdD, LAT, ATC, CSCS, and Laura E. Kunkel, EdD, LAT, ATC through a qualitative study, found that CCEs felt challenged when navigating institutional policies and less prepared for certain duties in their roles as CCE that included affiliated agreements, conflict management and time management. The NATA Professional Education Committee created a three-part series to include:

• Checklist for CAATE Requirements (pdf)
• How To Get Started as a New CCE (pdf)
• Timeline for CCEs (pdf)

Educational Pathways

The Educational Pathways Document, generated by the NATA Executive Council for Education, provides an overview of the various educational opportunities available after earning an athletic training degree and certification.

The Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program guide provides an overview and contact information for each program.

Student Recruitment, Enrollment and Retention (SRER) 

View the webinar on student recruitment, enrollment and retention and the additional resources that have been collected to provide educators and program directors with tools and support on the topics.