ATC ATHLETIC TRAINER CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
Arnheim and Prentice (2000) describe some of these qualities as stamina and ability to adapt, empathy, sense of humor, communication, intellectual curiosity, ethical standards, and being active in professional organizations. In addition to the educational knowledge outlined by the educational competencies, ATCs must possess other qualities and attributes in order to succeed in the all-encompassing role of athletic trainer. 6) and fulfilling this job requires the athletic trainer to fill many roles. “Athletic trainers are the critical link between the sport program and medical community” (Anderson and Hall, 2000, p. The competencies are broken down into 12 content areas ( Table 1) (NATA, 2006a). These competencies define the minimum skills and characteristics that entry-level athletic trainers should possess and define the educational content that students enrolled in an accredited athletic training program must master. The information gathered by this job analysis is used as a template for the NATA Educational Council to develop the Educational Competencies for Athletic Training. It also serves to define the contemporary standards of practice for the athletic training profession (NATA, 2006a). This role delineation study may also be considered a job analysis and determines the minimal competencies to practice as an athletic trainer. This study determines the current role, or standards, of the profession. (BOC) regularly conducts a role delineation study among a sample of certified athletic trainers.
In order to become a certified athletic trainer, an individual must graduate from a Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) approved Athletic Training program and successfully pass the Board of Certification Examination (NATA, 2006b).
The ATC works as part of a complete health care team and functions under the direction of a licensed physician and in cooperation with other health care professionals, athletics administrators, coaches, and parents (NATA, 2006c). The two characteristics that were found to be the least essential were being a risk-taker (2.1%) and being a visionary (6.4%).Ĭertified athletic trainers (ATCs) are allied health care professionals who specialize in preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity. The qualities that were deemed the most desirable by head athletic trainers were trustworthiness (76.2%), honesty (73.5%), dependability (66.4%), and possessing high ethical standards (66.4%). The survey consisted of 24 statements allowing for the following responses: essential, very important, important, not very important, and irrelevant. In an effort to determine the importance of desirable qualities, attributes and characteristics necessary for the success of interscholastic athletic trainers a Likert-type scale survey was mailed to all head athletic trainers of NCAA Division III institutions in the United States. – The State University of New York at Brockport Abstract
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