All Things AT

DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TACTICAL AT!

Maura Shea is in charge of the First Line Tactical Athlete Program for Forte Sports Medicine, where she currently works with tactical athletes in fire safety. She is also the president of the Public Safety Athletic Trainers Society. She completed her undergraduate education at Xavier University, and then completed her DAT at Indiana State University. 

Terrance Motley is a former strength coach who is on the final stretch of completing his DPT. Motley completed his undergraduate degree at BYU, his master's degree at the University of Louisiana, and is completing his DPT with Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Previously, Motley was a strength coach at BYU, LSU, UL and CU. He is excited to utilize his previous work in S&C to provide quality patient care. His work in sports medicine and with athletic trainers along the way has helped to shape his outlook on patient care- we are thankful for awesome S&C coaches turned PTs like T MOT!

Sports Medicine and Clinicians: This series will be dedicated to hearing from our PT friends on how working in sports medicine as well as working with ATs has helped shape them as clinicians. Potentially dabbling in the PT-AT divide, and how we can improve collaboration on BOTH sides for the good of our patients.

Alisha Miller is currently an associate professor at Anderson University. and a dual-credentialed PT-AT.  She completed her Master's in PT at Indiana University, and her BS in AT at West Virginia Wesleyan College . 

Amanda Andrews is currently an athletic trainer for Life High School in Dallas. She completed her BS at Hardin-Simmons University, her MS at Northwest Missouri State, and her EdD at Liberty University. We are excited today for her discussion on her experiences on creating/updating policies and procedures in the variety of settings she has worked in.

Daniel Ruedeman is currently an athletic trainer with an orthopedic trauma clinic in the University of Colorado Health Hospital, CO. He completed his AT education at Concordia University, and MTSU. He has spent time in a multitude of settings, and we are excited for him to share both his story as well as his passion for AT on today's episode!

Continuing the series discussing how to recruit & retain students in athletic training programs, as well as how to better prepare student ATs for the working world of AT. 

Guest for this episode: David Maldonado.  David is currently the athletic trainer for Alamogordo High School in New Mexico. He completed his education at New Mexico State University, and he has a huge passion for educating and mentoring athletic training students. Thankful for his words of wisdom, and the work he does for the profession.

Kicking off our series discussing how to recruit & retain students in MSAT programs, as well as how to better prepare student ATs for the working world of AT. 

Guest for this episode: Brian Mizeski. Brian is currently an AT  at Georgia Southern University, where he works with the sport of softball and assists with insurance. Brian has had a lot of experience in working with students in both paths of the former bachelor's vs master's level programs. Thankful for his words of wisdom, and his work he does for the profession.

Continuing our group podcast series on longevity within the athletic training profession as well as effective self management, the guests for Episode 2 are Paul Rupp and Spencer Connell. Paul is a secondary school AT, and Spencer works in the industrial setting. We are thankful for their time with us as well as offering guidance in relation to ATs and longevity!

All Things AT is starting our first group podcast series regarding the athletic training mindset in terms of effectiveness, self-awareness and the profession longevity. We will have episodes with ATs from varying backgrounds to discuss these topics in relation to our profession.

This episode features Megan Mormile (secondary HS setting) and Joel Luedke (previously collegiate setting, recently transition to the clinical setting) and their thoughts on the above topics. We appreciate them and all the greAT things they do for our profession!.