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Educators' Conference
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The 4th Biennial SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference will be held Feb. 2-3, 2012 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, GA.  Bud Cooper, EdD., ATC of the University of Georgia and Karen Lew, MEd, ATC of the University of Miami are the conference co-chairs.  The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) will be providing a Workshop from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on February 4, 2012 in conjunction with the SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference.  Attendees may register for either or both based upon the pricing grid immediately below:

Conference registration options

By 11:59 P.M. Jan. 20, 2012 via online After Jan. 20 via on-site
SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference + CAATE Workshop Registration for NATA Members $205.00 $280.00
SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference Registration only (does not include CAATE Workshop) for NATA Members $130.00 $205.00
CAATE Workshop only $75.00 $75.00
SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference Registration + CAATE Workshop for Non-NATA Members $260.00 $310.00
SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference Registration only (does not include CAATE Workshop) for Non-NATA Members $185.00 $235.00

The SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference includes heavy Hors d'oeuvres, continental breakfast on Friday morning, and lunch on Friday afternoon.  The CAATE Workshop includes coffee, drinks and snacks on Saturday.

Pre-registration forms must be completed online at https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT80E by Friday, January 20, 2012.  NATA members who have not registered by this date must register on-site as detailed above.  Registration will be limited to the first 175 registrants due to meeting space capacity.    SEATA Refund Policy  SEATA Website Privacy Policy

Registrants will receive an email which provides the user name and password for the
password protected webpage, http://www.seata.org/12atec , where presentations and files will be posted for the conference.

The SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference Committee is issuing a call for proposals:
Please review the SEATA Athletic Training Educator's Conference Call for  Proposals at www.seata.org/CallforAbstractsEdConf2012.doc.

Research
The SEATA Research and Education Committee is issuing a call for poster presentation abstracts that will be reviewed for possible display at the 4th Biennial SEATA Educators’ Conference on Feb. 2-3, 2012 in Atlanta, GA.  Individuals interested in sharing original research, or other scholarly work that is relevant to athletic training clinical practice or education, are encouraged to submit by the Nov. 15, 2011 deadline.  Abstracts will be rated on the basis of clarity of purpose, appropriateness of methods, adequacy of results, relevance of findings to the clinical practice of athletic training or the education of athletic training students, and value of the information to conference attendees.  Go to www.seata.org/CallforAbstractsEdConf2012Posters.pdf for more information.

Discounted tickets available to BODIES…The Exhibition for all attendees of the SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium.  Participants can purchase tickets at the Exhibition Center Box Office for a $5.00 discount off the $24.00 regular adult price Feb 1st-5th.  Participants must come to the box office during operating hours to purchase tickets, limit one ticket per person at the discounted rate.  Participants must give the code SEATA in order to receive the discount.  For more information on the exhibit go to bodiestheexhibition.com.

Accommodations
The Crown Plaza Ravinia is the host hotel.  Room rates are $116.00 single / double / triple / quadruple occupancy.  Rooms must be reserved by Jan 11, 2012 to ensure this room rate.  Make your reservations online at Connections or for more information call Connections at (404) 842-0000 or 1-800-262-9974 or Fax (404) 601-7441.  Hotels subject to 72 cancellation policy.

Transportation Information

  • Taking Marta From Airport To Crowne Plaza Ravinia

  • MARTA Shuttle

  • Hotel Shuttle

  • Driving Instructions from Major Arteries


Exhibitors and Corporate Partners

If you are interested in exhibiting or if you know of an interested exhibitor or would like to refer someone to SEATA for Corporate Partnership, please see our
SEATA Corporate Partner Plan.

The 27th Annual SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium on Feb. 2-4, 2012 and the 4th Annual SEATA Quiz Bowl on Feb. 3, 2012 will also be held at the same location as the 4th Biennial SEATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference and CAATE Workshop.

Conference Planning Committee: Kristen Shellhase, EdD, ATC, LAT, CSCS, Nancy Cummings,  EdD, ATC, LAT, CSCS, Karen Lew, MEd, ATC, and Bud Cooper, EdD., ATC

Tentative Agenda
Conference Planning Committee:
Kristen Schellhase (co-chair), Nancy Cummings (co-chair), Karen Lew, Bud Cooper

Tentative Schedule
Thursday, February 2

Topic
Evening Sessions
5:00 - 5:15 PM Opening Comments Committee
5:15-6:15PM Engaged Learning Strategies-Captivating and Including all Learners Nancy Cummings, EdD., ATC, LAT, CSCS, Florida Southern University
6:15-6:45pm Becoming Critically Educated Bud Cooper, EdD., ATC, CSCS, Clinical Coordinator, University of Georgia
6:45-7:15pm Creative Ways of Including General Medicine Throughout the Curriculum Sue Stanley-Green, M.S., ATC, LAT and  and Mick Lynch, MD, Program Director and Clinical Coordinator, Florida Southern University
7:15-8:00pm How can ATEP position themselves best in today’s academic climate? Mike Ferarra, PhD., ATC, LAT, Assoc. Dept. Head and Graduate Coordinator, University of Georgia
8:00 - 9:00 PM Poster Presentations and Social  
Tentative Schedule
Friday, February 3
Topic
Morning Sessions
7:30 - 7:45 AM Opening Comments Committee
7:45 - 12:15 AM In the Classroom  
7:45-8:25AM Online Educational Teaching Strategies for the Allied Health Professions Randy Deere, DA, AT(Retired) Professor, Department of Kinesiology Recreation and Sport, Western Kentucky University, Ken Wright, DA, ATC Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences, University of Alabama
randy.deere@wku.edu
8:35-9:05AM The AT Student Employment Experience: An Immersion Project Micki Cuppett, EdD, ATC, Ashley Ahearn, BS, ATC, University of South Florida
mcuppett@health.usf.edu
9:15-9:55AM Simulation Based Athletic Training Education: Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors Jennifer Doherty-Restrepo, PhD, ATC, LAT, Jeffery Groom, PhD, CRNA, Michelle Odai, MS, ATC, LAT
Florida International University
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
dohertyj@fiu.edu
10:05AM-10:35AM Teaching on Tilt: Utilizing Lecture Capture to Enhance AT Student Learning in a .MP3 World Timothy G. Howell, Ed.D. ATC, CSCS. Saint Louis University Thowell4@slu.edu
10:45-11:45PM Implementing the New Emergency Competencies into your Curriculum Ron Courson, ATC, PT, NREMT-I, CSCS, Director of Sports Medicine, University of Georgia
12:00 - 12:45 PM Lunch - Keynote Address John Anderson, M.S., ATC, LAT, Assistant Program Director/Assistant Professor, Troy University
Afternoon Sessions
1:00- 1:35PM Implementing Evidenced Based Practice Methodology into the Classroom Brendon McDermott, PhD., ATC, LAT, Clinical Coordinator, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
1:45-2:45PM Advanced Airway & Emergency Skills Lab for AT Educators Eric Fuchs, DA, ATC, EMT-B, Program Director, Eastern Kentucky University
3:00-5:00pm Across the Curriculum  
3:00 - 3:30 An Update on Student involvement within SEATA and NATA:  What are the opportunities? Andrew Brubaker, District IX, Student Senate President, Eastern Kentucky University
Alisha Tolbert
National Student Representative for District IX, Troy University
Samyra Safraoui, Florida Student Senator, University of South Florida
3:30 - 4:00 Promoting Foundational Behaviors of Professional Practice Through a Formal Assessment Plan Shawn D. Felton, EdD, ATC, LAT, Clinical Coordinator, Florida Gulf Coast University & Jason C. Craddock, EdD, ATC, CSCS, LAT, Program Director, Florida Gulf Coat University sfelton@fgcu.edu
4:00 - 4:30 Development and Implementation of a Unique Clinical Education Model in AT Ed James Scifers, DScPT, PT, SCS, LAT, ATC, Jill Manners, Ashley Long - Western Carolina University jscifers@email.wcu.edu
4:30 - 5:00 Teaching Research Across the Curriculum: Making Good Consumers to Prepare Better Clinicians Deidre Leaver-Dunn, PhD, LAT, ATC; The University of Alabama
5:00-5:45 CAATE Update Micki Cuppett, EdD, ATC, LAT
5:45PM - 6:00PM Closing Remarks Committee
7:00 - 9:00 PM 4th Annual SEATA Quiz Bowl  
Tentative Program
Saturday, February 4

CAATE Workshop

Cost  $75 Audience:  Novice and experienced Program Directors, Clinical Education Coordinators and faculty

Length:
      5 hours

Program Outline:
7:30 - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
8:10 am

CAATE update - CAATE commissioners
The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) will present an update of recent strategic initiatives that will impact athletic training education and the accreditation process over the next several years.  The Standards revision and changes to site visit and self-study processes will also be discussed.

  1. Automation - annual report, lessons learned and what's next

  2. Standards Revision

  3. Site Visit Changes

9:30 am

Program Assessment - Doug Horton, ATC, Eastern University
This hands-on workshop will assist athletic training faculty in the establishment of outcomes and measures of student and program success.

  1. Why outcomes based?

  2. Assessment basics

  3. Writing objectives

  4. How to use outcomes for program improvement

  5. How does this fit with the proposed Standards revision?

11:00 am Break
11:15 am

Clinical Education Strategies - Chad Clements, MS, ATC, Brian Vesci, MA, ATC,  Boston University
Good clinical educators are the foundation of successful clinical education program.  Developing the educational capacity of clinical instructors requires effective communication and a supportive environment.  Through real-life examples, this presentation will provide strategies to overcome challenges inherent in building this foundation via a cooperative relationship between the academic and clinical units.

  1. tips and techniques to help your clinical instructors become better educators

12:30 pm Open forum - Time for the audience to ask questions regarding accreditation
1:00 PM

Adjourn
Don’t forget to fill out your evaluations

 

Douglas Horton, MS, ATC
Lecturer, Department of Biokinetics
Clinical Coordinator, Athletic Training Education Program
Director of Life Fitness Program
B.S. Eastern University
M.S. Indiana University

Doug Horton is a certified athletic trainer with over 8 years of clinical experience at the professional, Olympic, university and high school levels. He directs the Life Fitness Program and serves as the Clinical Education Coordinator for the ATEP overseeing students as they participate in a variety of practicum experiences.  His teaching includes the Athletic Training Education Program practicum courses, Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries, Lower Extremity Evaluation, Pharmacology, and some courses outside of the ATEP such as Life Fitness Through Endurance. Doug is a member of the Eastern University Student Assessment Committee and has conducted university wide assessment workshops for faculty.

Chad Clements, MS, ATC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Clinical Education
Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Boston University
BSEd, State University of New York at Cortland
MS, East Stroudsburg University

Chad Clements has been a clinical assistant professor at Boston University, where he serves as the coordinator of clinical education and teaches courses in Foundations of Athletic Training, Clinical Medicine and Clinical Athletic Training, since 2007. He has practiced athletic training since 1998, serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Seton Hall University and as a head athletic trainer at both Stevens Institute of Technology and Lasell College. He has also served as an approved clinical instructor for the athletic training education programs at Seton Hall, Lasell College, and BU. Chad has presented on clinical education topics at national and regional professional conferences. He is currently a candidate for his PhD in Movement Studies at Seton Hall University where he will be studying the validity of using real-time clinical screening tools to identify poor lower extremity mechanics.

Brian Vesci, MA, ATC
Senior Athletic  Trainer
Athletic Training Services
Lecturer in Athletic Training
Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Boston University
BS, Duquesne University
MAT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Brian Vesci currently serves as a senior athletic trainer for Boston University’s Athletic Training Services. His primary clinical responsibilities include coordinating the care for the Men’s Soccer team as well as overseeing graduate students coordinating Field Hockey and Softball and ROTC.  Brian also serves as a faculty member in the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, and is an approved clinical instructor for the undergraduate athletic training program, supervising and mentoring undergraduate athletic training students. He graduated from Duquesne University in 2004 with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training and he earned his master of arts degree in athletic training from the University of North Carolina in December 2006.  Brian has delivered several presentations as well as published articles relating to model clinical practice in athletic training and athletic training education.

Directions to the 2012 SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference and Athletic Training Student Symposium:

Crowne Plaza Ravinia Directions & Driving Instructions From Major Arteries & Airports

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

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