Recent News
Congratulations to our MoATA members!
2010
NATA Hall of Fame Inductee Randy Biggerstaff, MS, ATC
2010
NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Eric McDonnell, MEd,
ATC
2010
NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award Michelle Boyd, ATC
2010
MAATA Post-graduate Scholarship Sam Wilkins, MSU AT
Student
Washington
University Orthopedics is offering a 1 year Athletic Training Fellowship
beginning in September
2010 in St. Louis.
For more information,
see the brochure
Congratulations to Saint Louis
University's Athletic Training Education Program!
SLU is Missouri's newest CAATE accredited
program and our only Entry-Level Master's Program. Check out their blog at
http://sluatep.blogspot.com
Cindy Robb, MA, ATC will regrettably be
stepping down from her position as the Program Committee Chair following the
June 2010 meeting. Cindy has served as the chair for this committee
for many years.
Thanks, Cindy for all of your hard work and
hours and hours of dedication!
Scott Winslow, ATC will be replacing Cindy
as the Program Committee Chair following the June 2010 meeting.
February
10, 2010
RE: 2010
Day at the Capitol
Dear MoATA
Members:
The
below-freezing temperatures and icy roads did not stop MoATA from launching
another effective Day at the Capitol. Missouri State University students under
the leadership of Dr. Mike Hudson braved the 3-hour, white knuckle drive.
Truman State University students under the leadership of Michelle Boyd, Adam
Cline, Cassie DeBauw, and Nicole Summers also braved the extreme elements.
MoATA was
the largest association at the Capitol and we made a strong impression on our
State Representatives and Senators. The message we delivered was clear and many
Representatives and Senators are in support of our proposed legislation, House
Bill 1373. If you have not contacted your State Representative or Senator
regarding the bill please take the opportunity to read the Talking Points on our
web-site and send them a message requesting support.
Special
thanks to all Certified Members, who also braved the cold and snow, met
productively with our legislators, and provided great leadership to all the
student members who attended.
High-Five
to:
Michelle Padgett, Elena Claus &
Tracey Viehland for scheduling and coordinating all appointments and scrambling
at the last minute to cover cancellations;
Stefanie West, cake and ice
cream coordinator, expert cake cutter;
Cindy Rajkovich for the MoATA
PPT and added muscle to scoop ice cream;
Josh Thompson, our Governmental
Affairs Rep, who knows every inch of the Capitol Building and the William Woods
University student athletic trainers, who served the ice cream and cake!
If you
were unable to attend, please make plans now to attend next year! There will be
over 140 new members seated in the Missouri Congress, due to term limits. Next
year, our Day at the Capitol will be especially important to educate these new
members about who we are, what we do, and where we work as licensed health care
professionals.
Thank you,
Morgan
Morgan Simpson, ATC, LAT
President, MoATA
See how some of our members celebrated National Athletic Training Month!
Saint Louis University Student
Athletic Trainers developed presentations at their clinical sites.
Pictured from Left to Right: Laura Gosewisch and her T-shirt, Mollie Cole,
Geanie Butts, and Meghan Gehrs at SLU, and Diane Schlesselmann's display at
Webster Groves High School.
SLU Student Athletic Trainers also
enjoyed a night out at the SLU Men's Basketball Game.
Missouri State University's Athletic
Training Education Program recently hosted a program for area coaches and
athletic trainers. "Assessing and Managing the Adolescent Athlete's
Concussion," a three hour program drew around 60 participants.
William Woods University hosted their
Third Annual High School Athletic Training Student Workshop. Twenty-two
students from Missouri and Illinois attended the daylong event.
WWU athletic training
student Sara Pinkston assists Jessica Muskopf of Columbia IL and Kimmy
Micotto of Webster Groves High School.
Blair Haskamp of Moberly
and Ethan Martin of South Callaway High School work to form an Aquaplast thumb
splint.
Want to know more about the NATA
and APTA Fair Practice Settlement?
http://www.nata.org/fairpractice/index.htm
and
http://www.nata.org/fairpractice/FairPracticeSettlementDiscussion100809.pdf
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