This year the National Athletic Training Month slogan is “ATs are Health Care.” This promotes athletic training because it reinforces the idea that we are more than just water and tape. We do so much more and it really makes people think about all the things we do. I like the fact that they use AT instead of athletic trainer because it is easy to say and also gets rid of the mind set of people calling us trainers. The slogan is also modified this year to where it can say “ATs are Performance Health Care” and “ATs are Military Health Care” and other slogans. I like the fact that they did this also because it lets people know we are everywhere and we help more than just sports. It makes us seem more diverse of health care clinicians.
The way I have been embodying this slogan is when people ask me what I major in I tell them everything we are capable of and all the places we can work. Usually, people are impressed by how much we are able to do and I am able to give them a new perspective on athletic training. I have done this a couple times. One time I was put on the spot by a faculty member of Emory & Henry College to tell a CEO of one of the software the school uses about athletic training. He had no idea what it was and he was happy to know more about what I did. Other times I promote athletic training are when I have been strict with coaches and teachers who ask if there is a trainer around. I kindly correct them. Usually, they want something for me and I can make it a joke and I will say, “I’ll get it for you if you say AT or Athletic trainer.” Then they laugh and most of the time they don’t do it again when I am around. Some things that the program is doing to promote Athletic training month is creating videos to be played on campus and on social medias. I am going to be making a video talking about my summer internship with a performing arts group to show how important it is to have health care for those individuals. I believe this slogan is a really good one that can get a lot of people on board with the message and It makes people think about the care they get from athletic trainers.
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