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From April 10-12, 2014, several executive members of Stanford University’s athletic training staff (Scott Anderson, Eitan Gelber, Lindsey Dame, and Tomoo Yamada) attended The International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport in Monaco. The international conference featured world-renowned experts in a number of different sports medicine fields, including concussion management, running injuries, the overhead athlete, and injury surveillance and tracking using different technologies. The…

One of the FWATA Student Committee’s goals is to promote the Athletic Training profession and reach out to Athletic Training Students in District 8. This year the Outreach sub-committee created a PowerPoint presentation that details what an Athletic Trainer is and the educational requirements of becoming one. The intention of this presentation was to create further awareness of the profession during National Athletic Training Month, as well as give entry-level…

Saturday March 29, 2014, 4 athletic trainers and an athletic training student volunteered at a local food bank in South Orange County, Second Harvest Food Bank.  We spent 4 hours sorting food and packaging food to be sent to those in need. Many of the food items were donated by organization and local companies and grocery stores.  It was a great experience working and continuing our service off the field.…

With the recent push for access to an Athletic Trainer in youth sports, it is important for parents to know who they are trusting to watch over their children. Is your state regulating the practice of Athletic Training? Licensure is important for the Profession. It not only recognizes those who are qualified to call themselves Athletic Trainers, but it prevents us from those posing as Athletic Trainers. In California, nothing…

Several members of the Ohlone College Athletic Training staff participated in the 2nd Annual National Honors Society of Sports Medicine Seminar held in Northern California at Oracle Arena, home of the Golden State Warriors, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. High school athletic training students from Northern California, ranging from the Lake Tahoe area to Fresno and all parts in between, participated in the event.  Head Athletic Trainer Jeff Roberts was…