Athletic Training Chat

In this next installment of our Student Series, we got to talk with Ashley Cameron who just recently finished her master’s degree in athletic training at the University of Idaho. Ashley shared her story on how she came across the athletic training profession and how she has been involved with it in some fashion for quite some time. We discussed why she was drawn to athletic training and how she stuck with the profession throughout her journey and didn’t truly consider other professions.

Ashley shares some of the lessons she learned along the way as a student and from her different clinical experiences. Ashley also shares advice she would have liked to receive and how she thinks it can help athletic trainer students in the future. This was a great conversation with some great take aways. Enjoy.

In this Episode

+Discovering athletic training early

+Lesson learned from clinical experiences

+Service as an athletic training student

+Reflections on her time as a student

Connect with Ashley

IG: @_ashley_cameron_ (LINK: https://www.instagram.com/_ashley_cameron_/ )

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2025/06/ep-190-ashley-cameron-finding-profession.html 

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ken Cieslak is a DC, AT but doesn’t necessarily use the skills in that order. In this episode, we discuss how it came to be that Ken pursued a chiropractic degree while keeping his AT credential and then ultimately staying predominately in the AT profession in the SSAT. It definitely surprised us. In this episode, we talk about how he came to be dual credentialed and what that has meant to his career. We also discuss evidence-based practice and what that means to him and how he employs it on a daily basis in his care of patients.We also cover service in the athletic training profession and what that means and why it is so important to Ken. Needless to say we cover a lot of ground in this conversation and took a lot away from it. We hope you do too.In this Episode:+AT focused work with the DC credential as well+AT Salary vs. Private Practice+DC info and knowledge base in the AT setting+EBP, patient expectation, and the placebo effect+Service in athletic trainingwww.athletictrainingchat.comwww.cliniallypressed.orgSUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1#ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #advancement #SSAT #DC #chiropractic #service #presidentelect

Who gets recognized, how it works, and driving yourself forward.

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LINK: https://youtu.be/bohcvpNLzA0 

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Access Nourishment started as a school project and quickly evolved into a calling that could be something more. Dr. Shelby Gonser and Louise Shines connected on the project and while they both took slightly different angles to the impact nutrition can have, both of them benefit ATs and the patients they care for. 

In this episode, we hear the story of how Access Nourishment got started.  Shelby and Louise share each of their passions around nutrition and how eating “healthy” as an AT isn’t always easy and being able to provide good nutritional information to patients can be challenging. In the discussion they discuss what they have found so far and what resources they are hoping to put together to grow Access Nourishment to the benefit of everyone. Check it out.

In this Episode

+Understanding food insecurity 

+How Access Nourishment got started

+Eating “Healthy” on a budget

+Cultural and religious considerations

+Creating a hub of research information

Connect with Shelby and Louise

+IG: @accessnourishment1 (https://www.instagram.com/accessnourishment1/ )

+www: https://accessnourishment.wixsite.com/access-nourishment-1 

+[email protected]

Shelby

+IG: @shelby.gonser7 (https://www.instagram.com/shelby.gonser7/)

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2025/05/ep-189-access-nourishment-dr-shelby.html 

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

#ATCchat #ATtwitter #complicatedsimple #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #careeverywhere

You almost always have an impact on those around you. It is your responsibility to make it a positive one.

LINK: https://youtu.be/QyFFGeuTWw0 

#concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple 

Ashley is in her first year of the MSAT program and Eastern Washington University but has been around and involved in athletic training for almost 8 years leading up to actually being in the program. Ashley got involved early in the profession in high school and stayed connected with it ever since. She shares about how she discovered the profession and how the time spent around it, cemented the idea that she wanted to do it for a career.

We also discuss advocacy work around athletic training and what she has done and seen to be the most effective in her time prior to being a student and as well as the time in the MSAT. For being just in the start of her education and career, Ashley is making an impact and doing so many amazing things for the profession and building a foundation for making an impact in the future. Please enjoy.

In this Episode

+Career planning for athletic training

+Networking as an athletic training student

+Advocacy in athletic training-a students perspective

+A focus on governmental affairs

Connect with Ashley

Twitter: @AucuttAshley (https://x.com/AucuttAshley )

IG: @a.on.the.sideline (https://www.instagram.com/a.on.the.sideline/ ) or @ashleyaucutt (https://www.instagram.com/ashleyaucutt/ )

FB: Ashley Ryan Aucutt

TikTok: @a.on.the.sideline or @ashleyaucutt

@: [email protected]  or [email protected] 

LINK: https://youtu.be/JbFmiNNzCPA

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

#ATCchat #ATtwitter #complicatedsimple #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #careeverywhere

How subtle changes and shifts can lead to achieving much larger goals.

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LINK: https://youtu.be/7-nEm4PdRNc 

#ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Keep going. Starting something new can be lonely in the process but keep working and moving forward. You got this.

LINK: https://youtu.be/X055bgtk4Lk

#concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple 

The elimination of ~180 AT positions within the H2F program. Lots of layers of complexity and a significant impact to the profession. 

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LINK: https://youtu.be/kOf6H-Q7EF0 

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Dr. Andrew Winterstein recently retired from a career in athletics and education. Throughout his career he has seen almost all of it and experienced and participated in major changes within the athletic training profession. 

In this episode, we discuss the changes in AT education and its current state and where Dr. Winterstein sees it going in the future. Beyond just the educating aspect of his career, Dr. Winterstein has also focused on leadership and development and we discuss his own leadership philosophy and how he has evolved it over time. 

Dr. Winterstein was also a co-founder of the AATE and he discusses how the association came to be and how it was such a great collection of people focused on making a positive impact on the educational side of athletic training. 

This was a special episode for me as Dr. Winterstein was my program director and it was great to catch up and have the conversation. Enjoy.

In this Episode

+Changes in AT education. Driving large scale change.

+Current and future AT education

+Leadership throughout his career and lessons learned. Positive deviance.

+”Experience is the greatest teacher, but the fees are high.”

+History of the AATE

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.-Seth Godin

Connect with Dr. Winterstein

IG: @apwinter12 (https://www.instagram.com/apwinter12/ )

IG: @uwmadison_msat (https://www.instagram.com/uwmadison_msat/ )

@: [email protected]

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2025/04/ep-187-dr-andrew-winterstein-lessons-in.html

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

#ATCchat #ATtwitter #complicatedsimple #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #careeverywhere