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For
Immediate Release; Written By: Kristin Tivener
2013 Missouri
Athletic Trainers Association Educator’s and Student Leadership Conference
2/5/13
- The Missouri Athletic Trainers' Association (MoATA) hosted its first-ever
Education Conference on the campus of William Woods University in Fulton, MO on
Saturday 2/2/13. Over 120 faculty and students from CAATE Accredited AT
Programs across Missouri participated in the inaugural conference which
consisted of lecture and hands-on seminars for students and educators. It also
featured the MoATA Student Quiz Bowl competition with 7 programs participating.
The
event was moderated by Karla Bruntzel PhD, ATC from Missouri Valley College who
also serves as the Missouri Educators Program Chair. Saint Louis Universities’
Anthony Breitbach PhD, ATC kicked off the conference with a presentation
outlining the direction of the profession including condensed material from the
recent iLead Conference in Dallas, TX. Tona Hetzler EdD, ATC from Missouri
State University followed leading an engaged discussion entitled “I’m Graduating
– Now What.” The afternoon consisted of break-out sessions for both educators
and students. The educators participated in small group discussions related to
the future of AT education as well as an informational Skype meeting with CAATE
President, Micki Cuppett EdD, ATC. The student sessions were organized largely
by MoATA Student Leadership President, Stephanie Stwartzwelder, a Senior
Athletic Training Student at Missouri State University. These sessions included
interactive taping scenarios and presentations which required students from
different programs to collaborate with each other.
The
conference concluded with a Student Quiz Bowl competition, facilitated by
Timothy Howell EdD, ATC from Saint Louis University. 7 programs participated in
this challenging event and the first place finish went to Missouri State
University, second place went to Missouri Valley College. Both teams will
advance to the District V Quiz Bowl competition to be held in Tulsa next month.
The
Missouri Educators Committee plans on making this an annual event for MoATA.
To
learn more about this event or to serve on future planning committees, please
contact Karla Bruntzel at
bruntzelk@moval.edu.
MSU's winning team!
Please follow
the link to an interview last night with Randy Biggerstaff, ATC and Joann Spann,
ATC from St. Louis MO about the youth sports safety summit.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/education/article/361537/21/Student-athletes-need-better-sports-safety-
NATA
President Jim Thorton visits Saint Louis University
Congratulations!
Stefanie West, ATC -
2012 Glenn L. McElroy, MD Distinguished Service Award
Michelle Padgett, ATC - 2012
MoATA Athletic Trainer of the Year
Missouri State students won the District 5
Quiz Bowl and will represent Missouri and District 5 at the NATA Symposium in
St. Louis.
Kitty Newsham, PhD, ATC and MoATA
President-Elect will be awarded the
NATA Service Award at the NATA Symposium
Pat Forbis, ATC on his induction into the
District 5, MAATA Hall of Fame
DAY AT THE CAPITOL 2011 was a huge success!
Our Early Morning Group
   
Posters by Missouri Valley, Missouri State and Saint Louis
University Athletic Training Students
  
The SLU Group
Ice Cream
Morning Check-in
Congratulations to the winners of our iLEAD contest!
Jennifer Asberry, Missouri Valley College and Amber
Wilson, Missouri State University
iLEAD Student Leadership Seminar is held in
conjunction with the NATA's Hit the Hill Campaign on February 25th and 26th,
2011. In 2009, over 150 student athletic trainers participated in the
inaugural iLEAD seminar.
Jennifer
Asberry Amber
Wilson
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
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William Woods University also hosted the
first Missouri Athletic Trainers' Association Collegiate Quiz Bowl
Competition. Teams from seven of Missouri's accredited programs
competed in the Jeopardy-style format. William Woods University placed
first, followed by Missouri State University and Culver-Stockton
College.
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See how some of our members celebrated National Athletic Training Month
in 2010!
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.
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