This is a professional preparation program for aspiring athletic training healthcare professionals.
The program provides students with a strong foundation of the competencies and proficiencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) and educational clinical experiences that comply with the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) standards for professional athletic trainer preparation. Because of increasing employment opportunities in youth athletic leagues and school settings, students also engage in pediatric sports medicine coursework to address the special needs of this patient population. Students will deliver care to diverse patient populations at a variety of clinical practicum education sites.
Successfully completing the program will prepare a student to become a nationally certified, athletic training Board of Certification (BOC®), Virginia Board of Medicine licensed athletic trainer.

