I disagree with this petition. Athletic Training profession has be stagnant in comparison to the scope and practice of other health professions. It is time to start growing our knowledge and expanding our skill set. The proposed new competencies are considered elementary skills and multiple professions have overlap on them. Athletic trainers are fully qualified to learn, practice and advance such skill sets.
We should spend more time thinking how to advance our profession rather than keep the status quo. If your identity as an athletic trainer has been threatened then I think that it is time for a hard look at how you are preparing for the next generation of Athletic Training. Change will always be difficult. It is time to embrace the change.
Jeff Seegmiller
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Ken Heck
10 years ago
I agree with this petition. I love my profession but believe that the proposed changes take it a step too far.
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Melissa Langston-Harrington
10 years ago
There are better ways for the direction of our profession. We will make ourselves obsolete. We need to stick to our skill set and better perfect them.
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Tim
10 years ago
The more we try to do everything (and the job of other professionals) the more diluted our skills will become. The best of the best purposefully focus on a niche - ours being musculo-skeletal care of athletes and other ACTIVE populations. We must remember our roots and deepen our knowledge and abilities within those domains, rather than spread our knowledge and abilities too thin because we are trying to do too much.
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Todd John
10 years ago
I passionatly agree with this petition!
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Paul Geisler
· petition starter
10 years ago
Brandon, let me assure you...this was NOT written by any PTs...it was written by ATs, reviewed several times by several ATs with significant experience before finalized. No conspiracy here...only honest concern and conversation.
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Jay Canterbury
10 years ago
I agree with this petition!
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Brandon Holland
10 years ago
I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but I'm gonna tell you what I think. I think this petition was drafted by some physical therapist or some people who work for them. It's painted to look like it's the thoughts of concerned athletic trainers, and they want ATs to sign it to make it look like we are concerned that we are overreaching on our scope. Then, when legislation comes up, PTs will point to this petition and say, "Look! See? Even athletic trainers don't think they are fit to practice as we do..." I'm not signing this
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Anonymous
10 years ago
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I know in my state that a number of the proposed Clinical Education Standards violate our practice act. I also know that our legislature will never pass a practice act that permits AT to prescribe medicine, order diagnostic tests or perform a surgical procedures (suturing).
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Alan Nasypany
10 years ago
I agree that there should be more consistent stakeholder involvement. Most of these additions take away from actual AT patient care. Until we (as a profession) can take appropriate care of injuries within our original scope, we should stop adding new tasks. We have to consider focusing on best and emerging evidence in our current scope. For example, if we were ACTUALLY experts in treating ankle sprains and other like issues, I would say let's expand....since we are not....we need to work on our depth and defocus on breadth.
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Annette Franco
10 years ago
I agree with this petition!! I don't think NATA has the best interest of our profession in mind.
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Randy Rimbey
10 years ago
I'm concerned that salaries will not increase accordingly. I agree with "slowing and deepening" what our entry level students know and do. Particularly in the field of rehabilitation.
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Shelby garigen
10 years ago
I think this is ridiculous!!!
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Michelle Gonzale
10 years ago
Not only will this affect state licensing, but what secondary school will allow these practices of IVs, suturing and prescribing Meds?
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Marcus A Holliday
10 years ago
As an experienced professional working at a university with an accredited undergraduate program, I have been concerned of late with the number of 'mandates' passed down to us over the past few years in regard to new clinical skills and competencies that must be imparted to our entry level athletic training students. We are expected to teach these skills for which we, as practitioners, have been afforded no additional training. I am not completely comfortable teaching a skill in which I am not proficient, nor do I practically use on a regular basis in order to gain proficiency. I agree that many of these new competencies/skills do indeed infringe upon the scopes of practice of other healthcare professionals. Please consider the requests both eloquently and clearly expressed in this petition. They are practical and reasonable and worthy of consideration by the NATA BOD.
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Ed Kelly
10 years ago
Totally agree!
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Landon LaLonde
10 years ago
I agree with this petition 100%! I've been against the entry level masters since the beginning. It does not represent the best interests of the majority of ATCs. I'm a firm believer that the NATA does not have the best interest of the majority in mind either, but the best interest of the elite instead.
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Karla Bruntzel
10 years ago
It appears that we no longer wish to be part of a team--just do it all ourselves.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Why can't we be our own profession and not try to be others. Entry level masters and DAT are going to out price ourselves and we are struggling to get pay that meets the education we have now!
I support!
I disagree with this petition. Athletic Training profession has be stagnant in comparison to the scope and practice of other health professions. It is time to start growing our knowledge and expanding our skill set. The proposed new competencies are considered elementary skills and multiple professions have overlap on them. Athletic trainers are fully qualified to learn, practice and advance such skill sets. We should spend more time thinking how to advance our profession rather than keep the status quo. If your identity as an athletic trainer has been threatened then I think that it is time for a hard look at how you are preparing for the next generation of Athletic Training. Change will always be difficult. It is time to embrace the change. Jeff Seegmiller
I agree with this petition. I love my profession but believe that the proposed changes take it a step too far.
There are better ways for the direction of our profession. We will make ourselves obsolete. We need to stick to our skill set and better perfect them.
The more we try to do everything (and the job of other professionals) the more diluted our skills will become. The best of the best purposefully focus on a niche - ours being musculo-skeletal care of athletes and other ACTIVE populations. We must remember our roots and deepen our knowledge and abilities within those domains, rather than spread our knowledge and abilities too thin because we are trying to do too much.
I passionatly agree with this petition!
Brandon, let me assure you...this was NOT written by any PTs...it was written by ATs, reviewed several times by several ATs with significant experience before finalized. No conspiracy here...only honest concern and conversation.
I agree with this petition!
I'm not usually big on conspiracy theories, but I'm gonna tell you what I think. I think this petition was drafted by some physical therapist or some people who work for them. It's painted to look like it's the thoughts of concerned athletic trainers, and they want ATs to sign it to make it look like we are concerned that we are overreaching on our scope. Then, when legislation comes up, PTs will point to this petition and say, "Look! See? Even athletic trainers don't think they are fit to practice as we do..." I'm not signing this
I know in my state that a number of the proposed Clinical Education Standards violate our practice act. I also know that our legislature will never pass a practice act that permits AT to prescribe medicine, order diagnostic tests or perform a surgical procedures (suturing).
I agree that there should be more consistent stakeholder involvement. Most of these additions take away from actual AT patient care. Until we (as a profession) can take appropriate care of injuries within our original scope, we should stop adding new tasks. We have to consider focusing on best and emerging evidence in our current scope. For example, if we were ACTUALLY experts in treating ankle sprains and other like issues, I would say let's expand....since we are not....we need to work on our depth and defocus on breadth.
I agree with this petition!! I don't think NATA has the best interest of our profession in mind.
I'm concerned that salaries will not increase accordingly. I agree with "slowing and deepening" what our entry level students know and do. Particularly in the field of rehabilitation.
I think this is ridiculous!!!
Not only will this affect state licensing, but what secondary school will allow these practices of IVs, suturing and prescribing Meds?
As an experienced professional working at a university with an accredited undergraduate program, I have been concerned of late with the number of 'mandates' passed down to us over the past few years in regard to new clinical skills and competencies that must be imparted to our entry level athletic training students. We are expected to teach these skills for which we, as practitioners, have been afforded no additional training. I am not completely comfortable teaching a skill in which I am not proficient, nor do I practically use on a regular basis in order to gain proficiency. I agree that many of these new competencies/skills do indeed infringe upon the scopes of practice of other healthcare professionals. Please consider the requests both eloquently and clearly expressed in this petition. They are practical and reasonable and worthy of consideration by the NATA BOD.
Totally agree!
I agree with this petition 100%! I've been against the entry level masters since the beginning. It does not represent the best interests of the majority of ATCs. I'm a firm believer that the NATA does not have the best interest of the majority in mind either, but the best interest of the elite instead.
It appears that we no longer wish to be part of a team--just do it all ourselves.
Why can't we be our own profession and not try to be others. Entry level masters and DAT are going to out price ourselves and we are struggling to get pay that meets the education we have now!