Athletic Training Programs at ATSU

Are you ready to showcase your expertise in athletic training? Elevate your skills in clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice with a Master of Science in Athletic Training from ATSU.

Learn more about the MSAT: atsudat.com/MSAT

From the flexibility to the expert faculty and the customizable curriculum, what sets ATSU's DAT program apart for our students? Take it from Matt:

"My research led me to a few different Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) programs. Ultimately, the ATSU DAT program’s flexibility and specialty tracks are what attracted me at first. I began my journey through the DAT nearly four years ago, and I couldn't be happier." — Matt S., DAT student

Read the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Matt

Enhance your ability to educate and inspire future athletic trainers with a Graduate Certificate in Athletic Training Education from ATSU.

Apply new insights to your AT practice right away, and take a step closer to earning your doctorate if you choose to pursue the DAT later.

Discover more: https://atsudat.com/ATE-Certificate

Discover your path to success in athletic training with ATSU's AT pathways visualizer tool. Whether you're considering a graduate certificate, master's degree, or doctorate, the ATSU Department of Athletic Training has the programs you need to advance your career.

Discover your future today: https://atsudat.com/Visualizer

If you are looking for additional resources to update your EAP see below! These are a great bonus to the newly updated EAP Position Statement.

With the release of the new National Athletic Trainers' Association Emergency Action Plan Position Statement, Dr. Scarneo-Miller and co-authors created valuable resources to support the development or help update EAPs. You can now find these on our website and WVU's website.
https://koreystringer.institute.uconn.edu/eap/

ATSU’s DAT program cultivates advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills essential for creating and implementing practical solutions that enhance health outcomes, healthcare delivery, and healthcare education.

Advance the AT profession with ATSU: https://atsudat.com/DATprogram

ATSU's DAT program prepares athletic trainers ready to take the next step at their own pace. Hear from Amber how the ATSU DAT program helped reignite her career and pursue her dreams.

"I currently work at a university covering three different teams, and I love every minute of it. I've enjoyed discussing the new concepts I'm learning with my colleagues and practicing recovery ideas and techniques with my athletes. Thanks to the DAT program, I have become a well-rounded healthcare provider. ATSU has helped me get my athletic trainer groove back."

Keep reading this DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Amber

Explore the possibilities for your AT career with the pathways visualizer tool. Whether you're considering a graduate certificate, master's degree, or doctorate, ATSU provides the post-professional education you need to thrive in your passion.

Discover your next step today: https://atsudat.com/Visualizer

Barton Anderson, DHSc, AT, ATC, is a faculty member at ATSU who takes his responsibility to educate and inspire the next generation of athletic trainers seriously. His approach is informed by his own educational journey:

“I really look at my time as a student in the post-professional program at ATSU as forming my philosophy for healthcare, my approach to patients, and just my overall ability as an athletic trainer. I see the post-professional master’s program as providing the base framework and foundation for me to continue to grow and develop as an AT throughout my career.” – Dr. Anderson

Read Dr. Anderson's full Faculty Feature: https://atsudat.com/Dr-Anderson

For athletic trainers ready to transition their focus from clinical settings to administrative, leadership, or academia roles, ATSU offers distinct concentration areas to customize their doctorate. Take it from Andy, who is using his DAT degree to make the switch to become an AT educator:

"I am pursuing my DAT in order to transition from clinical to educational, where I hope to bridge the gap between the didactic and clinical. I chose ATSU for this journey because we share the same beliefs: Treat the whole person and be where you are needed most." — Andy T., DAT student

Read the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Andy-T

ATSU's DAT program allows athletic trainers to focus their degree in multiple concentration areas: Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Athletic Training Education, and Sport Neurology and Concussion.

Hear from DAT student Kimberly how ATSU helped her refine her professional focus:

"At ATSU, I could continue to work in the setting I love while pursing my doctorate. The DAT allows me to create a track of learning that best fits what I want to focus on in my career. This program understands the life of being an athletic trainer and works with you, supports you, and helps you continue your education on top of balancing work." — Kimberly M., DAT student

Read the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/DATprogram

Aspiring leaders in athletic training can round out their clinical and administrative capabilities through ATSU's DAT program.

The DAT offers key knowledge AT leaders will need to advance their careers and the AT profession.

Discover the DAT: https://atsudat.com/DATprogram

🏆 Congrats again to Dr. Bart Anderson & Dr. Alison Valier on receiving the 2024 NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award.

Your leadership, service, and advocacy inspires us all.

Your career can't be put on hold—and neither can you.

That's why athletic trainers ready to progress their careers choose ATSU's Doctor of Athletic Training program. With flexible, online coursework and just one week-long Winter Institute requirement, ATSU's DAT meets ATs where they're AT.

Get empowered with a DAT: https://atsudat.com/DATprogram

Athletic trainers are challenged to advance the profession at ATSU. Hear firsthand how expert faculty and diverse peers in the DAT program helped Americus push his AT practice to the next level:

"Creating and giving opportunities to a diverse population of individuals that want to learn and grow as athletic trainers, but more importantly be the change to help promote diversity for and as ATs in the profession is priceless. ATSU is an institution that I will forever be grateful for having as my alma mater because my instructors there helped me by challenging me in every aspect of my life." — Americus W., DAT student

Get inspired by reading the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Americus

Practicing athletic trainers can upskill their clinical decision-making to stay contemporary in their clinical practice with ATSU.

Our Master of Science in Athletic Training program helps ATs stay competitive with a fully online program. What's more? MSAT graduates can graduate from the DAT program 12 months earlier with advanced standing.

Discover more about the MSAT program: https://atsudat.com/MSAT

🎓 We were proud to present R. Mark Laursen with an honorary doctorate degree for his outstanding contributions to AT education & athletic healthcare at the ASHS Commencement in June 2024.

Thank you Dr. Laursen for your inspiring leadership!

When you earn a graduate certificate in rehabilitation, you receive a well-rounded education focusing on tissue healing, movement dysfunction assessment, corrective techniques, and sport-specific rehabilitation considerations. This curriculum prepares students to effectively assess, treat, and enhance movement and performance in athletes.

Your graduate certificate can then build toward the doctor of athletic training program at ATSU. Learn how you can gain knowledge and advanced standing: https://atsudat.com/Rehabilitation

Study a DAT curriculum built around your passion points in AT. Whether your focus is in orthopaedics, rehabilitation, athletic training education, or sport neurology and concussion, ATSU offers a concentration for you to build your AT career around.

Explore your future with the AT degree configurator tool and build your path: https://atsudat.com/Configurator

The Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program is an advanced practice doctoral degree, distinct from a PhD. It is designed to be directly relevant and immediately applicable to students' professional work as athletic training clinicians, educators, and administrators.

Prepare yourself to advance the AT profession, wherever you're AT.

Learn more about the DAT program at ATSU: https://atsudat.com/DATprogram

ATSU's DAT program prepares athletic trainers ready to disrupt and advance the profession. Hear from Madison how the program helped her propel her passions forward:

"While completing the DAT, I have been able to apply the knowledge from each course and disrupt the common expectation of athletic trainers in the secondary setting ... In two short years I was promoted to the head athletic trainer of my school district. The DAT has given me the tools to apply quality improvement, patient-oriented outcomes, and advanced clinical skills in the workplace." — Madison M., DAT student

Keep reading this DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Madison-M

Empower your AT career with a DAT that equips you with clinical experience you can apply directly to your practice — from day one.

ATSU's program is for ATs ready to advance the profession through evidence-based practices taught by expert faculty.

Learn more about the DAT: https://www.atsu.edu/arizona-school-of-health-sciences/academics/doctor-of-athletic-training

If you're looking to advance your career as an athletic trainer and advance the profession as a whole, you don't have time to waste. That's why ATSU's Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program is applicable to your practice from the very start. Hear how firsthand from DAT student Kimberly:

"Discussing topics that have real life value for the future of athletic training was a key part of the program. The DAT program pushes me to think critically in my everyday practice. Concepts ATs are learning in classes in this program can translate immediately into practice." — Kimberly M., DAT student

Read the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Kimberly-M

ATs in our DAT program are shaping the future of the field, one study at a time. Ellie Daniels, DAT student, proposes the need for athletic trainers to educate, engage, and empower with their services in DoDEA high schools with her Applied Research Project.

Check out the infographic and get informed!

ATs that choose ATSU not only gain access to expert-taught, evidence-based curriculum: They are also challenged and inspired to advance the athletic training profession. Take it from DAT student Alan:

"ATSU’s DAT program rekindled a flame in me that was slowly becoming extinguished ... This program has ignited a fire inside me that I haven't felt since graduating with my bachelor’s degree. I have become more inspired to disrupt, inspire change, and advocate for the AT profession than ever before. The DAT program has been the most rewarding challenge of my professional career." — Alan K., DAT student

Read the full DAT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Alan

Gain clarity for the next step in your athletic training career with ATSU's AT pathways visualizer tool. Whether your next move is a graduate certificate, master's degree, or a doctorate, ATSU's Department of Athletic Training offers the education you need to excel in your passion.

Explore what's possible: https://atsudat.com/Visualizer

Ready to grow as an athletic trainer and open new doors in your career? Hear from DAT alumna Lilia how she was able to expand her clinical abilities and opportunities through ATSU's program:

"As I complete my DAT, I know I will have many opportunities to be an excellent leader due to what I learned in the program. I also know that this degree will open doors and many opportunities to pursue different endeavors." — Lilia G., DAT alumna

Read the full DAT Life Moment and get inspired to take the next step in your AT career: https://atsudat.com/Lilia

DAT student Luis shares his experience with ATSU's Doctor of Athletic Training program:

"Currently, I am halfway through the program and I have nothing but positive things to say about it. ATSU has made a direct impact on my clinical practice by applying new concepts to the management of orthopaedic conditions." — Luis L., DAT student

Learn more and get inspired to start your own DAT journey by reading the full AT Life Moment: https://atsudat.com/Luis

Gain the knowledge you need to teach and inspire future athletic trainers with a graduate certificate in Athletic Training Education from ATSU.

Apply lessons immediately to your AT practice and get another step closer to earning your doctorate, should you choose to pursue the DAT later.

Learn more: https://atsudat.com/ATE-Certificate