NATA ICSM to Host COVID-19 and the Road to Resuming Collegiate Sports Online Panel
The two-part online panel discussion will kick-off at 2 p.m. CDT May 28 with A Safe Return For Collegiate Athletes to Campus – Critical Areas of Preparation. Council members from every level of collegiate play will discuss the ICSM Return-to-Campus Preparation and Communication Plan document in greater detail and provide insights. The second session will cover return to sport topics. This panel is available only to NATA members. RSVP at the NATA website. READ MORE
Student Leadership Committee Hosts Student Virtual Town Hall May 28
NATA would like to engage with the future of the athletic training profession through a town hall on Facebook Live with athletic training students across the country, both members and nonmembers, at 5:30 p.m. CDT May 28 on Facebook Live. Panelists will include NATA President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC; BOC President Patrick Sexton, EdD, LAT, ATC; CAATE President Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, FNATA; NATA Research & Education Foundation President Brian Conway, LAT, ATC; and ATs Care Commission Chair David Middlemas, EdD, ATC, CCISM. Tune in to the event May 28 on NATA’s Facebook page.
READ MOREWebinar on Nutrition and the Immune, Inflammatory, Injury Processes
Jordan Mazur, MD, RD, will present “The ABCs of Nutrition and the Immune, Inflammatory and Injury Processes of Athletes” June 24. This webinar will review the nutritional strategies that may enhance proper immune function, mitigate the physiological stress from training, support the recovery process and provide key nutrients that prevent damage to or facilitate refortification of bone or tissue. Mazur is in his third season with the San Francisco 49ers as the team's nutrition coordinator. He previously served as the director of sports nutrition at the University of California, where he was responsible for overseeing all nutrition- and dietitian-related services for student athletes. This webinar is sponsored by the California Milk Advisory Board, an instrumentality of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
READ MORENATA Immersion Experience Search Engine
Gather has launched a new tool designed to help students search and apply for clinical immersion experiences: the NATA Immersion Experience Search Engine. To make this search engine a valuable member benefit, we need your help to populate it. If you have a clinical immersion experience you would like to share, fill out the NATA Immersion Experience Host Submission form available on the NATA website. You can also learn more about the NATA Immersion Experience in the
April NATA News.
READ MOREHow to Implement a Virtual Wellness Survey
The latest in our
Mental Health Month blog series features an interview with Cari Wood, ATC, a secondary school athletic trainer and former District Ten director, during which she discusses implementing a weekly virtual wellness survey for student athletes to better recognize when they are experiencing more stress than normal.
READ MOREEating Disorders in the Collegiate Setting Webinar
The next NATA live webinar is “Role of the Athletic Trainer in Addressing Eating Disorders in the Collegiate Setting” June 3. Erin Haugen, PhD, LP, CMPC, will discuss the risk factors for eating disorders in college student athletes. Haugen will also illustrate the role of the athletic trainer in the referral process and interprofessional management of eating disorders. Register now for the June 3 webinar.
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