Program Goals

• Develop entry-level athletic trainers who are knowledgeable and effective team members in their respective places of employment.
• Evaluate teaching effectiveness annually and intentionally.
• Provide clinical education opportunities with a variety of patient care settings to promote cultural understanding to foster healthcare delivery.
• Evaluate clinical education and experiences to ensure opportunities for student exposure and growth.
• Prepare students to successfully pass the Board of Certification Exam.

Student Learning Goals

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the basis of human musculoskeletal function.
• Demonstrate written and oral communication skills.
• Incorporate the best available evidence, patient and clinician-based outcomes, clinical expertise and patient specific contextual factors in healthcare delivery.
• Recognize the importance of and function effectively as a member of an interprofessional healthcare team.
• Integrate health promotion and prevention strategies into care and service to individuals and to the community.

The most up to date version of the UK PMATP Policies and Procedures and Clinical Education Plan can be found here.