2 Concurrent Running Sessions

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Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel,
4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd.
Atlanta, GA.
Just off I-285 in North Atlanta
770-395-7700

Session 1:  Friday 12:45pm – 5:15pm

1:15 – 2:00pm

Presentation
Greg Gardner, EdD, ATC, JRC-AT: The New Standards
Kenneth Knight PhD, ATC, NATA Education Council: The New Athletic Training Educational Competencies

Dr. Greg Gardner will provide an update on the recently approved new JRC-AT Standards.  Dr. Ken Knight will provide an update on the just approved Athletic Training Educational Competencies.  Both presenters will be available to respond to questions related to their topics.

2:00 – 3:30pm Group A
3:45 – 5:15pm Group B

Breakout 1: Malissa Martin, EdD, ATC/L, CSCS, Navigating Assessment

Developing an assessment plan, selecting appropriate assessment tools, collecting assessment data, and using data to enhance student-learning is a dynamic and challenging process.  This workshop will assist participants to navigate this assessment maze and provide insights to navigation techniques and strategies.

Specific objectives: 

1. Review assessment terminology

2. Develop a framework or matrix for holistic program assessment

3. Identify assessment tools

4. Develop a process to collect and trend assessment data

5. Discuss how to analyze data to improve student-learning (closing the loop).

This workshop will utilize the following instructional methods:

• power point presentations

• round table group activities

• case studies (evaluation of completed assessment plans)

• group discussions

2:00 – 3:30pm Group B
3:45 – 5:15pm Group A

Breakout 2: Trenton Gould Ph.D., ATC,  Scott Piland Ph.D., ATC,   Earl “Bud” Cooper Ed.D, ATC,  A Primer on Measurement for Outcomes Assessment Instruments*

*Parts of this session will require the use of laptops with EXCEL. If possible, we can ask each participant to bring such a device.

Lecture A: This lecture will serve as a basic primer on measurement principles. The speaker will discuss issues related to Reliability, Validity, and the influences of measurement error. (20 minute podium/PPT lecture)

Reliability

• Defining Reliability

• The importance of Reliability

Validity

• Defining Validity

• The importance of Validity

Implementation

• Applying correct measurement principles to improve outcomes assessment

• Avoiding snares

Measurement Task: Each table will be shown how to use the EXCEL program to calculate simple measures of Reliability.

Lecture B: This lecture will serve to remind and educate the audience on how they can become good consumers of available assessment tools. Some discussion related to instrument development issues will also be conducted. (20 minute podium/PPT lecture)

Assessment tools

• Determining the pitfalls of blindly adopting existing instruments.

• Determining what makes instruments acceptable.

Assessment Tool Consumer: Each table will be asked to evaluate and provide feedback of handout packet (derived assessment instruments) for discussion of appropriateness.

Lecture C: This lecture will serve to provide the audience with a synopsis of the available and currently used outcomes assessment instruments. (20 minute podium/PPT lecture)

Current Assessment Tools: Each table will be asked to participate in round table discussion of current approaches of outcome assessment.

6:00pm – 8:15pm

Denise Fandel, ATC, New BOC Testing Format
Board of Certification Executive Director, Denise Fandel, will provide an update on the transition to the new certification examination testing format and how it will be delivered to upcoming candidates.

8:30pm – 10:00pm

Social / poster presentations
Call for Abstracts 1st Biennial SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference

Session 2:  Saturday 8:00am – 12:00

8:00am – 9:15am

Breakout 1: Jolene Henning, EdD, ATC, Peer Learning

This first session will present overall information on peer learning. This process can be utilized during on campus clinical experiences to limit down time. (20 minute podium/PPT lecture)

• What is peer-learning and how can it be utilized?

• Sending upper level peers to clinical experiences to interact with lower level AT students clinical education TA to help with practicing proficiencies during clinical time instead of doing check offs during labs.

• Opening up the athletic training education laboratory at nights and having peer tutors assisting students.

9:30am – 10:45am

Breakout 2: Mark Laursen, MS, ATC, Paradigm Shift: Taking away the worker mentality of clinical education.

This presentation will focus on presenting ideas that will keep students occupied with educational activities during their clinical experiences. This session will provide information on how to design on the spot learning activities for students. All educators including ACIs can be involved in developing short discussion scenarios with students following experiences.  

• Identify times that are low learning (pre-game set up, pre game meals, switching closing chores, cleaning hydroculators, cleaning tables, etc. to daily activities) and rotate students through those so that not all students are present

• Identifying informal learning objectives for all aspects of the clinical education experience. What is the learning objective for morning treatment hours? For staying the entire practice time? Identifying those times and modifying.

• Creating a on the spot learning scenario

• Creating a list of learning scenarios (For example, if you had a student with an ankle sprain discussing the differential diagnosis afterward or if there have been no injuries creating a case bank where the ACI can refer to if they need discussion ideas)

11:00am – 12:00pm

Breakout 2: Stacy Walker, Ph.D., ATC, The Clinical Rotation Plan 

This presentation will focus on various methods used to plan and document the clinical rotation schedule.

• Identify methods to demonstrate equality of experiences.

• Methods used to rotate students through experiences.

• Can the clinical experiences follow the progression of the didactic portion of the curriculum?

12:15pm – 2:00pm

Jeanne Sewell, MSN, RN, Using MERLOT Web Application in Athletic Training Education

This presentation focuses on use of MERLOT, Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (http://www.merlot.org).  Whether you are teaching in a clinical setting or in a classroom, you probably have used the Internet to access learning resources.  Computers connected to the World Wide Web are just about everywhere including offices, the library, Internet cafes, the airport, traditional classrooms, and our homes.  As a result, learning resources are just a click away.  The problem is that there are millions upon millions of Internet resources available and the quality varies significantly.  If only there was some kind of filter to sift out the quality learning resources for athletic training!  MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resource for Online Learning and Teaching) is a fast growing online database of peer reviewed learning resources and it should be one of the first websites you explore when designing a teaching session.

After this presentation the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the advantages of MERLOT membership

• Compare and contrast the classifications of MERLOT learning resources

• Contribute to the MERLOT collection

• Experience examples of best practice

Jeanne Sewell is the Associate Editor for the MERLOT Health Sciences Editorial Board.  She is also an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Georgia College & State University.

2:00pm – 3:15pm

Breakout 1: Sue Shapiro, Ed.D., ATC/L, Off-Campus Clinical Experiences 

This breakout will involve a short presentation on off-campus clinical experiences.

• Off-campus contract issues

• Establishing a variety of experiences, how to approach different settings, what settings are currently being used, and how these alternative settings can benefit the students

• Capstone experiences…can they work at your institution.

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Presentation- Carl Cramer, Ed.D., RKT, ATC/L, Common Pitfalls with Accreditation Evaluations

This session will present the most common mistakes made when preparing self study and rejoinder documents. While serving on the JRC/AT Board Dr. Cramer researched and put together this information to help reviewers and board members to be more efficient at reviewing manuscripts.

4:45pm – 6:00pm

Breakout 2: Brian Bogdanowicz, MS, ATC , Mock Program Review

This session will involve each table completing “mock” reviews of selected program materials.  Each table will have copies of the current Athletic Training Education Standards and Guidelines.  Tables will be expected to determine to the best of their knowledge if the documents provided demonstrate compliance.  Documents will be provided dealing with the following common areas of noncompliance:

• Advertisement & Tech Standards

• Supervision

• Faculty Number

• Document errors (syllabi)

• Skill Evaluation Systems

• Professional Attribute Evaluation Systems