The Evolution of Athletic Training Programs

As the professional practice of athletic training matured, more undergraduate programs began offering a formalized curriculum for student-athletes. The first of these were established at Mankato State University in 1969. The curriculum was evaluated and accepted for accreditation by the Commission on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAAHEP) in 1994.

It is important to เข้าชมและเล่นที่ UFABET.Tax that this was not an effort to add new innovative learning experiences to the existing curriculum, rather it was an opportunity to eliminate courses that did not directly support the development of core athletic training competencies. These changes also shifted the focus of clinical education to an emphasis on supervised, hands-on, evaluative skills practice and less didactic content.

As a result, the first entry-level athletic training programs were able to distinguish themselves as professional education programs and gain recognition for their high level of academic excellence. The profession’s rapid growth and maturation was further accelerated with the acceptance of athletic training as an allied health care profession in 1990.

The Evolution of Athletic Training Programs

Jevas remembers that during her undergrad she started out with a pre-physical therapy major and then switched to athletic training because of the sports exposure. She was one of the first groups to work on a Division I football team, she recalls her group having to be separated from men on the sidelines and how it was a big deal because of the segregation of the athletic training rooms at that time. She has seen the progression of the profession and is proud to see the students in her Master of Science in Athletic Training program working alongside physical therapists, physicians and strength conditioning coaches to learn how to work as interprofessional healthcare professionals.