All residents are placed in one of our partnered schools and play an active role in the athletic programs and community. Each resident is the Head Athletic Trainer at their respective school and has complete autonomy. They are mentored and developed by the Athleticare Staff and Faculty as they navigate the transition to practice, working through the clinical management of providing care for their respective student-athletes for all practices, games, and other sport-related events.

Residents can expect their didactic experience to cover areas like leadership and administration within the healthcare setting, image reading and interpretation, strength and conditioning, physical therapy, sports injury assessment and prevention, nutrition, mental health, manual therapy techniques, and rehabilitation. More importantly, residents will be independent and work autonomously within their appointed school. They will grow experientially through the opportunity of developing and leading their own sports medicine program within their respective school, interacting with students, coaches, administration, and parents along the way.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive environment contributing to experiential learning through successes and failures. We want our Athletic Trainers not to fear failure, mistakes, or asking questions but to look at them as opportunities for growth. This creates an all-encompassing learning environment through which residents gain a deeper understanding of the sports medicine field and perfect their “art.”