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JUNE 25, 2019

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FEATURED RECAP

Welcome to NATA 2019 While today marks the official start of the 70th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo,yesterday we brought in NATA 2019 with a bang. The Welcome Reception, heldMonday, June 24, brought the neon lights of the strip to the dance floor inOceanside D. NATA members, family and friends donned their glow-in-the-darkfinest as they danced to the tunes of DJ Daddyfats and ’80s New Wave band, TheSpazmatics.

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BREAKING NEWS

Attend the Collegiate Setting: Athlete Safety First Press Briefing

9 to 10 a.m. Today, Press Room, Oceanside E

NATA is hosting a virtual, in-person press briefing to release findings from a survey

conducted by the NATA Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine evaluating adoption ofNCAA legislation for delivery of care to student athletes. This event is open to NATA

members on a first come, first served basis. NATA President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, willprovide introductory comments, as well as an overview and assessment of survey

findings. University of Kansas Associate Athletic Director of Sports Medicine and ICSMChair Murphy Grant, MS, ATC, PES, will discuss KU's recent transition to a medical

oversight and health care compliance model.

Please be advised that the information shared at the event will be under embargo,therefore, sharing the information is prohibited until NATA posts the information through

NATA communication channels after the event.

TODAY’S CAN’T MISS EVENTS

Registration 6:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Bayside D

Athletic Training Student Seminar Otho Davis Keynote 8:30 – 10 a.m. | Lagoon I

NBATA Gary Vitti Blood Drive/Be the Match Marrow Registry Drive 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Palm B

AT Expo Opens (Restricted to certified and associate members) 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Bayside D

District Meetings 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Various locations

Live Surgery: Total and Partial KneeArthroplasty 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. | Mandalay Bay H Get a closer look at the effects of knee arthritis during this live cadaver surgery,presented by Dr. Roddy McGee from Total Sports Medicine & Orthopedics. This two-hour lecture aims to equip ATs with advanced anatomy knowledge of the knee jointand the confidence to counsel athletes about treatments for degenerative kneeinjuries.

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CEU

Earn CEUs, EBP CEUs atConvention Certified athletic trainers who attend all threedays of the 70th NATA Clinical Symposia & ATExpo will earn up to 25 CEUs. This year, there are seven sessions at the NATAconvention eligible for Evidence-Based Practice CEUs. Some of the EBP eventsrun concurrently, so registrants will be able to attend up to four of the seven.

EBP CEUs

Download the NATA Events App

Stay up to date on everything NATA 2019 has to offer by downloading the NATAEvents app. Use the app to see the convention’s full schedule of events, viewfacility maps and learn more about this year’s speakers. You can also track thesessions you’d like to attend using the “My Schedule” function. Download theNATA Events app from the App Store, Google Play or app.core-apps.com/nata2019 for all other devices.

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Preconference Workshops a Success

Prior to the 70th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo beginning, six preconferenceworkshops were held on a variety of topics, primarily in the South Seas ballroom.Workshops ranging from three and a half to six hours incorporated lectures andhands-on labs to explore topics such as joint dislocation evaluation and suturingminor skin wounds.

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Stop by the Live JAT Podcast Today!

Join us for a live recording of JAT Chat featuring an interview with NATA PresidentTory Lindley, MA, ATC, and Journal of Athletic Training Editor in Chief Jay Hertel,PhD, ATC, FNATA, from 3:20 to 3:40 p.m. in the Journals kiosk in NATA Connect,Bayside D. Lindley and Hertel will be interviewed by Kara Radzak, PhD, LAT, ATC,about the current state of research in athletic training and the role research willplay in shaping the future of the profession.

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See What the Career Center Has to Offer

This year, all available job postings (both onsite and offsite) will be listed online andaccessible in the Career Center. Employers will be able to flag positions that areopen for interviews onsite, and job candidates will be able to search all jobs open.The Career Center will also feature seating areas for interviews in case employerswould like to schedule a time to meet with any job candidates for onsite interviews.In addition, you can also drop off your résumés to be refined by athletic trainingprofessionals at no charge. Career Center hours are:

6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Today 6:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 26 6:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 27

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Check Out the Free Communications Program

Sponsored by the NATA Research & Education Foundation, the FreeCommunications Program is often the first chance an athletic trainer often gets topresent his/her research and clinical case studies on a topic during the NATAconvention through oral, rapid fire and poster presentations. To date,approximately 5,000 oral and poster presentations have been provided through theFree Communications program. This year, the Free Communications ProgramPoster is from 10 a.m. to noon today in NATA Connect, Bayside D. Oral and rapidfire presentations will take place throughout convention.

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LGBTQ+AC Hosts Inaugural Town Hall

For the first time, LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee will host a town hall meeting at 7p.m. tonight in Oceanside F. One of the youngest committees in NATA, LGBTQ+AC was created to push theathletic training profession toward further inclusion and advocacy of diverse patientpopulations and athletic trainers of all sexual orientations, gender identities andgender expressions.

INAUGURAL TOWN HALL

NATA HALL OF FAME BOOTH HOURS

Stop by and say hello to our Hall of Fame members in the Hall of Fame Booth,located in NATA Connect, Bayside D.

Today’s Hall of Fame Booth schedule is:

10 to 11 a.m. |Joe Iezzi

10 a.m. to noon.| Pete Koehneke, John Powell and Paula Turocy

11 a.m. to noon | Pat Sexton

11 a.m. to 1p.m. | Sandy Shultz

Noon to 1 p.m. | Tom Abdenour and Rod Walters

Noon to 2 p.m. | John Davis

1 to 3 p.m. | Ken Wright

2 to 3 p.m.| Marcia Anderson and Katie Grove

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#NATA2019 RECAP

Convention Recaps Available Be sure to watch our daily video recaps of the convention so you can see all of today’shighlights. We’re also posting photos of the day’s events to the NATA PhotoZone, socheck to see if we caught you on candid camera!

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