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How to Get the Athletic Training Graduate Position You Really Want
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rodger, Mark Raedeke, Susanne G. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | © 2006 Human Kinetics • ATT 11(6), pp. 26-29 Junior year has begun, and now is the time to seriously think about your future athletic training career goals. So, what do you ultimately want to do with that undergraduate athletic training degree? A variety of options are available: Head into the workforce, continue education in another allied health profession, or obtain a graduate degree while serving as a graduateassistant athletic trainer. As of July 2006, there were 352 accredited entry-level athletic training programs and 12 accredited postcertification programs according to www.jrc-at.org, resulting in numerous athletic training students vying for the same graduate positions. The question arises as to how students can make themselves stand out over their peers to employers. This article focuses on improving your marketability by gearing undergraduate coursework and clinical experiences toward obtaining the ideal graduate assistantship for your ultimate career goal. Furthermore, pros and cons of various graduate-assistantship and degree choices are discussed. Students graduating in other disciplines normally select an explicit concentration or seek to learn under a specific researcher in their field. In the field of athletic training this is not always the case. Those graduating from athletic training curricula often obtain a postgraduate degree to increase their clinical experiences and improve job-earning possibilities. We hope that this article makes prospective graduate students aware of various options in developing a postgraduate plan. This is especially important for students wishing to eventually pursue a doctorate. Because doctoral programs require a research component, a National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) accredited master’s program might provide the best mechanism for demonstrating attainment of discipline-specific research knowledge. Athletic training graduate assistantships can be categorized as athletics only, dual appointment between athletics and academics, high school outreach, and postcertification master’s in athletic training, which might have similar rotations along with clinic, research requirements, and administrative responsibilities. |
| Starting Page | 26 |
| Ending Page | 29 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1123/att.11.6.26 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://journals.humankinetics.com/previewpdf/journals/ijatt/11/6/article-p26.xml |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1123/att.11.6.26 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
