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ATSU-ASHS’ Athletic Training Department is home to preeminent graduate athletic training degrees and certificates taught by expert faculty serving with national AT industry influence. Inclusive of a post-professional Doctor of Athletic Training, Master of Science in Athletic Training, and a variety of graduate AT certificates, the department houses industry-leading curriculum that helps students develop their expertise in orthopaedics, rehabilitation, clinical decision-making, education, and sports neurology.
Through the most advanced, evidence-based strategies available, the curriculum provides students with the knowledge that enhances care, optimizes outcomes, and improves overall health. Students develop an integrated understanding of clinical experience, patient values, and the best available evidence for superior decision-making. Students also learn to employ clinician-based and patient-based clinical outcome measures to clearly determine the effectiveness of athletic training services.
Additionally, the two-year, post-professional master’s degree program allows students the opportunity to pursue a post-professional athletic training degree completely online. The curriculum includes the foundational clinical decision-making track, two research courses, and the choice of an elective track in orthopaedics, rehabilitation, or sport neurology and concussion.
Students also have the opportunity to earn digital badges at the completion of each post-graduate AT course, track, certificate, and/or degree, enabling instant validation of their education and achievements. ATs working in the digital age now have a better way to validate their skills, achievements, advanced training, and competencies with digital badges from ATSU.
Learning experiences enhance the student’s professional growth as athletic training clinicians, educators, researchers, and administrators. Educators are prepared with the advanced graduate training they’ll need to effectively teach their own students to succeed as athletic trainers. These esteemed programs position graduates to lead the change in the athletic training profession.
Among the first programs of its kind, this elite degree develops clinical and academic leaders who advance the athletic training profession. Doctors of athletic training serve as expert clinicians, educators, and administrators with advanced knowledge and skills for analyzing, developing, and implementing practical solutions to improve the delivery of athletic healthcare and the health outcomes of physically active individuals and their communities.
ATSU’s online master's of science in athletic training program is a post-professional athletic training degree. Students learn the most advanced, evidenced-based strategies available for providing enhanced care, optimized outcomes, and improved overall health. The online two-year degree program is designed for state licensed and/or athletic trainers certified by the Board of Certification (BOC) or individuals who have met eligibility requirements to sit for the BOC certification examination prior to matriculation.
The Graduate Certificate in Sports Neurology and Concussion is an online program focused on the sub-specialty area of sports neurology and concussion. Students will learn how to recognize, assess, manage, treat, and refer patients with sport-related neurological conditions and injuries, as well as analyze and debate current concepts and issues. This certificate will give athletic trainers the advanced knowledge and skills needed to handle sports neurology and concussion.
The Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedics is an online program focused on the sub-specialty of orthopaedics. Students will learn how to diagnose, evaluate, and manage orthopaedic conditions, as well as interpret common imaging and laboratory techniques. The program also provides advanced practice knowledge of special considerations for rehabilitation following common orthopaedic surgical procedures.
The Graduate Certificate in Athletic Training Education is an online program providing advanced instruction in contemporary knowledge and understanding of leading practices in curricular design, instructional delivery, and assessment in athletic training education.
The Graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation is an online program focused on the sub-specialty of rehabilitation. Students will learn how to asses, diagnose, and rehabilitate movement dysfunction, manage musculoskeletal injuries, and transition from rehabilitation to sport performance. The program will provide athletic trainers with advanced skills that will enhance patient care quality and effectiveness.
The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Decision-Making in Athletic Training is an online program providing advanced instruction in evidence-based practice, clinical outcomes assessments, clinical informatics, technology, and epidemiology. The purpose of the program is to prepare practicing athletic trainers and athletic training educators with the clinical practice and educational competencies in clinical decision-making skills that will enhance the quality and effectiveness of patient care.
Headquartered at A.T. Still University in Mesa, AZ, the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network (AT-PBRN) is an affiliate network of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is... the first and only practice-based research network in athletic training. The mission of the AT-PBRN is to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes for patients under the care of athletic trainers. Personnel consist of 8 athletic training researchers, a bio-statistician, a post-doctoral research fellow, and a research coordinator. In addition, the AT-PBRN houses an external advisory board, which consists of a panel of fellow athletic trainers from across the country.
A.T. Still University's Concussion Program serves as a resource for sport-related concussion education, research, and service for young athletes, parents, coaches, and administrators. Outreach services... provided to athletes in Arizona include education, baseline (pre-season) testing and post-injury concussion evaluation. The program also provides training and education about concussions to athletes, coaches, parents, athletic trainers, athletic training students and other healthcare providers. Additionally, ATSU's Concussion Program is engaged in numerous research projects focusing on concussion awareness, assessment tools and interventions to enhance recovery.
Students in A.T. Still University’s athletic training programs utilize the industry-leading CORE-AT electronic medical record (EMR) system, a web-based injury surveillance and EMR system for use by... athletic trainers. The CORE-AT EMR was designed and developed by athletic trainers in partnership with ESSENTIALTALK, an international technology communication company, and is compliant with the data acquisition, storage, and transmission standards set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Health information obtained using the CORE-AT system is not stored locally on computers. Instead, data is uploaded in real time and transmitted to secure, redundant servers.
A.T. Still University is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for certified athletic trainers. The Athletic Training Practiced Based Research Network (AT-PBRN) is an ongoing source for clinical outcomes and evidence-base practice (EBP) education to educate and train post professional athletic training students. Free evidence-base practice category CEUs include:
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The athletic training faculty and students from both the residential and online programs participate in scholarly work that is broad in scope and encompasses many forms of scholarship beyond the expectations of discovery research. The focus of the scholarly activities within the AT Department involves the scholarship of application through community-based projects.
A.T. Still University’s Continuing Education department provides support for the University’s schools, graduates and the professional community to fulfill their potential throughout their careers and ultimately impact patient care and well-being. The Continuing Education department serves to improve professional knowledge and skills; fosters a positive impact on patient outcomes; exposes clinicians to new information; and develops an interdisciplinary, healthcare team approach to treating patients and improving community/population health through the development and implementation of cost-effective, evidence-based education programs.
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