It is the purpose of the Lee University Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) to be a functional educational and service facility for the Department of Health, Exercise Science, and Secondary Education and Lee University. The program will endeavor to enhance the health care for the university’s intercollegiate athletes as well as the broader habitually active community of the university. The program will service the college community by endeavoring to help its members attain higher levels of performance through proper health care and appropriate efforts to prevent injury and illness.

Our clinical education plan includes clinical rotations in a high school, our Lee University Athletic Training Room, Lee University’s Health Clinic, physical therapy clinics, and orthopedic sports medicine clinics.  This wide variety of placement is highly embraced to ensure the students of athletic training are exposed to numerous health care facilities in order to promote employment diversity among our graduates.  Because clinical placement may occur outside of the city of Cleveland travel expenses may incur during these clinical placement opportunities.  Our goals for clinical education are that student will:

·     Utilize clinical experiences for peer practice & skill acquisition and development

·     Interact with many differing health care professionals, each having separate philosophies & experiences that will provide students with innovative skills that will enhance student development

·     Engage in peer teaching to enhance understanding and retention

·     Gain confidence in self by practicing skills under direct supervision of allied health professionals ( e.g. Certified Athletic Trainers, Orthopedic Surgeons, Physician Assistants, Physical Therapists & Nurses)

·     Accumulate many hours in field settings where critical thinking and problem solving will occur on a daily basis

·     Develop a mentorship relationship with clinical instructors which will foster a professional code of conduct that reflects Christian commitment.

At the completion of the program, the athletic training student should be able to function as a health care professional with minimal supervision in an allied health care setting and be eligible to sit for the NATABOC certification examination.

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