Larry Cooper MS LAT ATC NATA Secondary School Athletic Trainer Committee District 2 Representative Larry Cooper MS LAT ATC cooperlpenntraffordorg Penn Trafford High School NATA District 2 Representative to the Secondary School Athletic Trainers Committee ID: 808924
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Changing the Culture of Sports Medicine Education in Secondary Schools
Larry Cooper, MS, LAT, ATCNATA Secondary School Athletic Trainer CommitteeDistrict 2 Representative
Slide2Larry Cooper, MS,
LAT, ATC
cooperl@penntrafford.org
Penn Trafford High School
NATA District 2 Representative to the Secondary School Athletic Trainers CommitteeWPIAL Sports Medicine Advisory Committee34 years as a Teacher/Athletic Trainer at the Secondary School level26 years at Penn Trafford
Slide3What is the current culture ?
We as a committee started asking ourselves these very important questions:Who is teaching the course ?What is being taught ?
Does it align with any governing bodies ?
Who develops the content/curriculum ?
Slide4There were AT’s from all over the country assisting with this project with a wide variety of backgrounds.
Who is teaching the course ? Educators with many different backgrounds and specialty areas
What is being taught?
It varied from state to state
Slide5Does it align with any governing organizations?
Not the NATAWho develops the content/curriculum? UnsureIs it broke?
We don’t think so
Slide6New Guidelines
Align with national standardsTrying to help this being a national course with similar standards across state linesWould help with teachers changing positions
Slide7New Guidelines cont.
Promotes educational contentMinors should not be providing healthcare to other minorsProvides exposure to the professions
Slide8New Guidelines cont.
Stays away from minors providing healthcare
Slide9http://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/secondary-school-sports-medicine-course-outline.pdf
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
SPORTS MEDICINE
COURSE OUTLINE
Slide10What is included in the outline?
Listing of key termsList of educational objectivesApplications and activities for studentsThis is a starting point, not an end point
Slide11Why the Change?
Dealing with minorsState Practice ActsLitigious situationsPromoting and advancing the professions
Will educate administrators and other stakeholders
Align standards
Slide12Be flexible
Change is inevitableEducation is changing very quicklyHealthcare is changing even faster
T
o advance the
professionsTo create jobs for AT’sTo do what is right
Slide13Slide14Thank you
To my wife and familyTo my colleagues and friends
To the NATA and SSATC
My administration
To all of the students and athletes