Athletic Training Program Well Represented at Regional Conference

01/13/17

Contributed by Paul Geisler

 Thirty students and 4 faculty members from the Athletic Training Education Program in the Department of Exercise & Sport Sciences represented Ithaca College at the 2017 Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association (EATA) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

 The 69th Annual EATA Clinical Symposium & Meeting was held recently (1/6-1/9) at the Loew's Hotel in Philadelphia, PA and the Bomber Athletic Training Program was well represented over the course of the 4 days, highlighted by:

  1. 30 undergraduate majors attended, representing the largest contingent of student clinicians of all programs in District 1 and District 2 of the NATA.
  2. Christina Jones, Class of 2017, Chris Durr, Class of 2017 and Kyle Morris, Class of 2017 all received professional scholarships from the NY State Athletic Trainers' Association. Kyle Morris received a NYSATA iLead Scholarship which will fund his attendance at a young professional's leadership conference in Dallas, TX this coming February. Chris and Christina received scholarships to use either for their undergraduate expenses here at IC, or to help defray their graduate education next year. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}
  3. Jacob Powell, Class of 2017 became the 2nd consecutive IC winner of the Undergraduate Research Poster competition with his Critically Appraised Topic on beta amyloids and repetitive brain trauma.
  4. 8 different AT majors contributed to 6 different research poster presentations
  5. Clinical Associate Professor, Todd Lazenby, MA, ATC presented the event's first Evidence Based Medicine talk, on the Role of Fascia in Sports Performance and Clinical Care in Athletic Training.
  6. Assistant Professor Jennifer Medina McKeon, PhD, ATC presented an Evidence Based Medicine course on the role of the Placebo Effect in clinical care.
  7. Assistant Professor Patrick McKeon, PhD, ATC presented a 3rd Bomber EBM course on the nature of science, knowledge and wisdom in clinical practice.
  8. Professor Emeritus, Kent Scriber, EdD, ATC, PT was inducted into the inaugural EATA Hall of Fame, the '49 Club for his lifetime of service and dedication to the AT profession.

Overall, Ithaca College and its AT Education Program were highly represented and visible, and continue to be a leading professional education program as evidenced by their faculty and student productivity and representation.

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