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First Athletic Trainer for a college/Univeristy
James Robinsion was hired as the first Athletic Trainer by Harvard College -
First Book dedicated to Athletic Trainers
The Cramer family started a line of products used by athletic trainers and wrote a book in 1932 entitled First Aider. -
Original NATA
NATA was orignially attempted in Des Moines, Iowa. It conutiuned until 1944 when World War II caused the members to fledge the orgazination. -
First Leader of the NATA
Lloyd Stein -
First Leader of NATA
Mike Chambers -
First Leader of the first NATA
Jack Heppinstall was first leader of the first NATA -
NATA Founded
The first meeting was held in Kansas City with 200 Athletic Trainers attending. -
First Athletic Training Curriculum
The first athletic training curriculum approved by NATA was in 1959 -
BOC
The Board of Certification was incorporated from the NATA to provide a certification program for entry-level Athletic Trainers. The BOC has only accredited cerification program for Athletic Trainers in the US. Offices are in Omaha, Nebraska. -
AT Eduation Programs approved
There were 23 undergraduate programs and two graduate programs approved by the NATA. -
AMA Reecognized
The American Medical Assication recognized Athletic Training as a allied health profession. -
NATA REF
NATA- REF (Research and Education Foundation) was created to in crease the amount of original research in the profession -
CAATE WAS BORN!
The JRC-AT (Joint Review Committee for Athletic Training) separated from CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) and became the independent accreditor CAATE(Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education)
