MTSU Athletic Training Workshop

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What: This event is for any high school student that is interested in becoming an athletic trainer. These prospective students will be able to envision the unique and challenging, but exciting lifestyle of an athletic training student. They will learn the necessary skills to develop into young professionals. They will be presented information on rehabilitation techniques, injury evaluations, taping skills, and current advances in the sport medicine arena.

When: March 21st, 2020

Where: MTSU Alumni Memorial Gym at Middle Tennessee University

Event Information:

• Pre-Registration (ends 3/14) $15.00

• Day-of Registration $20.00

For additional information contact: Dr. Helen Binkley (615-904-8192) or email Helen.Binkley@mtsu.edu

45th Annual SEATA Clinical Symposium & Members Meeting (3/5-3/7)

45th Annual SEATA Clinical Symposium & Members' Meeting
March 5-7, 2020
Atlanta, GA - Crowne Plaza: Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia

The theme for the 2020 CSMM is hands on skills for clinical pratice.  Topics covered will include manual therapy, wound closure, trauma assessment and triage, assessment and treatment of dysfunctional breathing, in additiona to concussion treatment, differentials, and effects of persisten neuroinflammation.

Learning Objectives
Following this event, attendees will be able to:

• Describe evidence for and against prescribed physical and cognitive rest following concussion.

• Evaluate breathing patterns to determine quality of diaphragmatic function using the Hi-Lo Assessment and the Modified Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion.

• Demonstrate how to prepare, administer and monitor the use of tourniquets, pressure dresings, wound packing, and simple chest seals in the prehospital setting using the current evidence.

• Describe how measures of diagnostic accuracy such as, sensiivity, specificity, reliability, and likelihood ratios are determined using clinical data, and how each athletic trainer could contribute to this body of evidence.

Registration Deadline

February 20, 2020 at 11:59 PM

SEATA 2020 AT Education Summit (2/6-2/8)

The Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association (SEATA) will be hosting an education summit for athletic training professionals (faculty members, clinical preceptors, etc.) and students (both undergraduate and graduate).  The 2020 Athletic Training Education Summit will convene on Thursday, February 6th at the Crown Plaza Ravina hotel in Atlanta, GA.

This is SEATA's 35th annual student symposium for both undergraduate and graduate athletic training students.  Additionally, this year SEATA invites professional members who share their interest in athletic training education to join us for our 8th Biennial AT Educators' Confernece. 

35th Annual Athletic Training Student Symposium (ATSS)

8th Biennial Athletic Training Educators' Conference (ATEC) 

Registion for the 8th Biennial Athletic Training Educators' Conference is now open.  This conference is designed for Athletic Training Education Program educators and preceptors.  Programming is designed to assist faculty and staff with the knowledge and skills to prepare for implementation of the CAATE 2020 Professional Program Standards.  This program is scheduled to provide up to 3 hours of BOC approved Category A hours of Continuing Education.

2017 UT Spring Sports Medicine Symposium

The University of Tennessee will be hosting its annual Spring Sports Medicine Symposium on Monday, May 8th, 2017.  The event will be held on the UT Campus starting at 8:00am with registration likely to begin at 7:30am.

Speakers for the event will include Dr. Russell Betcher who will speak on elbow injuries, a local EMT speaking about traumatic extremity injuries, and Dr. Christopher Klenck discussing new NCAA cardiac guidelines and recommendations.  Athletic trainers can earn up to 3 Category A continuing education credits for this event.  There is no cost for attending the event.

You can register today for the free CE event through the link below.  After registration you will receive further details about the event from the host.

Hughston Foundation Summer Continuing Education Event

The Hughston Foundation, in conjunction with Middle Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society, is providing athletic trainers with a one day continuing education opportunity. The event is being held on June 8th, 2017 on the MTSU campus.  Athletic trainers will be able to earn 8 EBP continuing education credits in this event led by Andy Grubbs, M.Ed., ATC of Hughston Sports Medicine.  

TATS will be providing lunch during a Middle Tennessee Regional Meeting in conjunction with the event.

The cost of this event $100 for the first (4 hour) session and $150 for both sessions. Further details about the event can be found below.

2017 Youth Sports Safety Conference at Vanderbilt University

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Presented by the Program for Injury Prevention in Youth Sports (PIPYS)

Information about registration is coming soon.

Learn strategies to help prevent youth sports-related injuries, protect the health of  pediatric athletes, and improve physical literacy. Join us as we work together to find better ways to let kids participate in the activities they love.

Who should attend?

• General Practitioners

• Pediatrics, Family Medicine & Emergency Medicine

• Musculoskeletal Specialists

• Physical Therapists

• Athletic Trainers

• Physiatry, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

• Nursing & Allied Health Professionals

• Emergency Medical Personnel

• Mental Health Providers

• School Coaches, Teachers & Administration

• Community Youth Sports Organizations

• Concerned Families

CME/CEU credit is available
 

Keynote speakers for 2017 include...

Brian Hainline, M.D.

Dr. Hainline is the first chief medical officer of the NCAA, overseeing its Sports Science Institute. For over 20 years, Brian has been actively involved in sports medicine including as a founding member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Neurology Sports Neurology Section, and serving as chief medical officer of the United States Tennis Association.

Bob Sallis, MD, FACSM

Dr. Sallis serves as the chairman for the international Exercise is Medicine initiative and previously served as president (2007-08) of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is a past-recipient of the Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and the Leonardo da Vinci award for international leadership in sports medicine from the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine.

Avery Faigenbaum, BS, MS, EdD

Dr. Faigenbaum is a world-renowned professor at The College of New Jersey where he teaches a range of courses covering health promotion, exercise prescription, and clinical exercise physiology. His research interests focus on pediatric exercise science, resistance exercise, and preventive medicine. This involves exercise interventions in public schools and youth centers to understand changes in health, fitness, and athleticism in children and adolescents. In 2014, he was invited to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland to develop guidelines on youth athletic development.

Alexandra “Ali” Flury

As the Sports Safety Manager for Safe Kids Worldwide, Ali is responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the sports safety program elements for the Safe Kids network of over 400 U.S. coalitions. With the goal to change the culture and promote a safer environment for youth sports, Ali continues to expand and enhance the national program targeted to parents, coaches, and caregivers with evidence-based research, advocacy, and awareness from the injury prevention field.

Other presenters include

• Sean Henry, President & COO of the Nashville Predators

• Gabriel Brooks, Sports Physical Therapy Director at Texas Children’s Hospital

• Candice Lee, Associate Vice Chancellor for University Affairs and Deputy Athletic Director of Vanderbilt University

• Mark Reeves, Assistant Executive Director, TSSAA

• Gary Wilkerson, Professor in Graduate Athletic Training Program at UT Chattanooga

Stay tuned for more additions, including respected national and international Vanderbilt faculty, who will also appear.

We hope to see everyone at the Gala the night of July 13th (dinner, live music, keynote speaker from world of sports, silent auction) and the Conference during the day on July 14th, 2017.