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Athletic Training
What is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC)?
A Certified Athletic Trainer is a highly educated and skilled allied health professional dedicated to preventing, recognizing, treating, managing, and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity. A certified athletic trainer has graduated with either a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree from an accredited program and has passed the BOC (Board of Certification) exam. The certified athletic trainer is concerned with the well-being of the athlete and generally assumes responsibility for overseeing the total health care for the athlete.
The certified athletic trainer works with physicians and other medical personnel, employers, patients, parents, guardians, and athletic personnel in the development and coordination of efficient and responsive health care delivery systems. The certified athletic trainer is an integral part of the sports medicine team and works collaboratively with a physician and other allied health professionals. Athletic Training is recognized by the American Medical Association as an allied health care profession, and the AMA recommends certified athletic trainers in every high school to keep America’s youth safe and healthy.
Certified Athletic Trainers are employed in secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional sports, sports medicine clinics, military, and in the industrial and commercial settings.
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