SEATA 27th Annual Athletic Training Student Symposium

The SEATA Athletic Training Student Symposium will be held Feb. 2-4, 2012 at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, GA.  Ray Castle, PhD, ATC, of Louisiana State University is the Workshop Coordinator.  R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC, of The University of West Alabama is the Competencies in Athletic Training Director.

Some students who were on the waiting list have now been placed in their desired track.  All sessions will be closed in advance and THERE WILL BE NO ONSITE REGISTRATION.  Only those preregistered will be admitted.  Students still on the wait list will be converted to registered status if and when spaces open up in the order (time and date) that they originally registered.  Do not register for one track and attempt to attend a different track.  Color coded name tags will be provided and only students registered for a track will be allowed to attend  that track.  Should anyone need to cancel, please notify Jim Mackie, SEATA Treasurer, ASAP so as to allow others on the wait list to attend in your slot.

(Click on the Sessions below for detailed tentative schedules)

Education
Two simultaneous sessions will be offered (college students freshman through graduate level), both beginning at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 and ending at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.  The sessions are:

• Session I:  Foundations of Athletic Training Workshop (open to all athletic training students) Session I is separated into two concurrent tracks based upon the student’s level athletic training.  For questions about the Foundations of Athletic Training Workshop, contact: Ray Castle, PhD, ATC  (225) 578-7175 or RCASTL1@lsu.edu

  • Track A - Prevention, Evaluation, and Initial Management of Athletic Injuries (designed for pre-athletic training &  1st year students) Limited to 1st 185 registrants

  • Track B - Therapeutic Exercise, Modalities, and Professional Development (designed for 2nd year athletic training students) Limited to 1st 205 registrants

• Session II:  Competencies in Athletic Training Workshop (for senior and graduate students preparing to take the BOC certification exam)  For questions about the Competencies in Athletic Training Workshop, contact: R.T. Floyd, EdD, ATC  (205) 652-3714 or rtf@uwa.edu  Limited to 1st 295 registrants 

Registration
Advance registration for the symposium is $85.  To qualify for the pre-registration price, online registration must be submitted by Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 via https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT79E.  Please make every effort to register online.  If you choose to send a check or register as a group, please register online and mail a list of the names registered or a copy of your registration confirmation with your check to Jim Mackie, SEATA Treasurer, 12133 Cheyenne Trail, Jacksonville, FL  32223.  Mail-in registration forms at www.seata.org/12atssreg.doc must be postmarked no later than midnight, Friday, January 13.   Based on availability, registration on-site will posted as “AVAILABLE” on the symposium’s website, and will be on a first-come; first available basis at $110.00 each.  Early registration packet pickup is Thursday from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm in Ravinia Lobby.  SEATA Refund Policy  SEATA Website Privacy Policy

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 1^st-5^th.  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.

Research
SEATA is calling for presentation Abstracts under two categories authored by athletic training students as the primary authors:

• Clinical Case Study

• Original Research

Selected abstracts from the above two categories will be invited to present under one of the following categories:

• Oral Presentation Moderated Session

• Free Communication Poster Session

The “Oral Presentation Moderated Session” presentations will each provide a 15 minute presentation of their clinical case study or research project that will be moderated by a SEATA faculty member, with 3-4 students presenting in each of the Oral Presentation Moderated Sessions.  Student presenters will also field questions during the moderated Q&A session from the audience.  Oral Presentation Moderated Sessions will be organized with similar topics for Clinical Case Studies and Research Projects.

In the “Free Communication Poster Session” the selected abstracts under the two categories (Clinical Case Study; Research) will provide a presentation poster for demonstration and be present to answer questions in an informal Q&A session as the audience visits each of the poster presentations.

Note: The presentation category for a selected abstract is determined by the submission; please indicate in your submission email “Oral Presentation Session Submission” or Poster Presentation Session submission”.

CLICK HERE for instructions on submitting your Clinical Case Study or Original Research project for presentation.

SEATA Quiz Bowl
The 4th Annual SEATA Quiz Bowl will be held at 7:00 P.M., Feb. 3, 2012 in conjunction with the 27^th Annual Athletic Training Student Symposium at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, GA.  Eric J. Fuchs, DA, ATC, EMT of Eastern Kentucky University is the Quiz Bowl Coordinator.  The winning team will represent District IX at the 4th Annual NATA Quiz Bowl in St. Louis, MO.

SEATA Athletic Training Educators Conference
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.

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.

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