Winter 2011 Newsletter
is here!
Looking for CEUs? Check out these new
opportunities on our upcoming events page:
Children's Mercy Young Athlete
Conference: Upper Extremity, February 17, 2012
Washington University Orthopedics St. Louis
Soccer Conference 2012, March 3, 2012
Have a High School Student who is interested
in Athletic Training?
William Woods University 5th Annual High
School Athletic Training Student Workshop is March 3, 2012
Are you licensed to practice in Missouri?
License renewals for 2012 are in the mail!
Athletic Trainers are licensed healthcare
professionals through the Missouri Department of Professional Registration's
Board of Healing Arts. Licensure is NOT optional and athletic trainers
practicing without licensing or with a expired license are subject to new
disciplinary procedures. Any Certified Athletic Trainer who is hired to
work in Missouri, including Graduate Assistants, must apply for and receive
their license before beginning their duties.
Contact the Board of Healing Arts with questions
about licensure at 573-751-0098
Interested in Volunteering for the NATA
convention in ST. Louis, June 2012?
The Volunteer website will be released in March
after registration for the convention goes on-line.
Volunteers make the convention run smoothly and
if you work 10 hours or more, you are eligible for graduated reimbursement of
your registration.
Visit
http://stl.nata.org/get-involved/volunteer/ for more information
Please
contact Amy Schork at
amyschork48@webster.edu with questions.
From Josh Thompson, MoATA Governmental Affairs Chair..............I am
writing to update everyone in MoATA, but especially those of you that deal with
high school athletics, on the developments involving
Missouri’s Interscholastic Youth Sports Brain Injury
Prevention Act (HB 300). This bill was signed
into law by Governor Nixon on July 13th. The contents of this
bill does not go into effect until December 31, 2011 and there will be an
official rules making session conducted by state agencies, MSHSAA, and other
stakeholders in the legislation in the near future to actually set out the
guidelines for the implementation of the legislation.
The
biggest question that I am getting right now is how do you proceed at this time
if you are working in the interscholastic setting. The answer is simply that
you should still be following the guidelines set forth by MSHSAA in their
Sports Medicine Handbook (which can be found at MSHSAA.org/SportsMedicine)
that currently has a concussion management policy for your athletes. I would
anticipate that any rules for the legislation will closely mimic what MSHSAA
currently has in place.
Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want clarification on any
issues. I will keep you updated as the rules process progresses of any changes
that may affect you in your practice.
The 2011 MoATA Annual Symposium and Meeting
was held
Friday, June 3rd and Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at Missouri State University in Springfield.
Congratulations to our newest Hall of Fame
inductee: Pete Buchert, MD
and the James McElroy Distinguished Service
Award winner: Anthony Breitbach, PhD, ATC
Visit our Annual Meeting Page
for more information
The 2012 Symposium will be held at Central
Missouri State University in Warrensburg on June 1 & 2!
Thanks
to our members who donated supplies to assist those who were affected by the tornado in Joplin!
Thanks to the MSU Athletic Training Student Association
for coordinating MoATA's donation collection
effort for Joplin High School at MoATA's State Meeting.
Congratulations to our MoATA members!
| 2011 NAIA
Athletic Trainer of the Year |
Rob Carmichael, ATC |
| 2011 NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award |
Michelle Padgett, ATC |
| 2011 NATA
Foundation Scholarship Winner |
Josh Lammert, ATC (NW
Missouri) |
| 2011 NATA
Foundation Scholarship Winner |
Amber Wilson (Missouri State) |
| 2011 NATA
Foundation Scholarship Winner |
Michael Atkinson (Truman
State) |
Interested in Joining MoATA's Young Professionals Committee?
(you
must be 32 or younger!)
Sarah
Walters at Evangel University is our new committee chair!
Check
out MoATA's YPC Facebook Page!
Do you have Events, News or Ideas for our new
web site? E-mail our PR Rep at
crrajkovich@yahoo.com.
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