Mission Statement
The mission of the Winthrop University Athletic Training Program (WU-ATP) is to prepare
the athletic training student to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) Exam and
to accept an entry level position as a certified athletic trainer or enter a graduate
program in athletic training or a related area. In order to accomplish this mission,
students will be provided with high quality didactic and clinical education, which
incorporates, at a minimum, the competencies and clinical proficiencies published
by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).
Vision Statement
The WU-ATP will be a program of recognized excellence by virtue of its record of preparing
athletic trainers who make significant contributions to the athletic training profession,
have a life-long commitment to intellectual growth, and strive to improve their skills
as allied health care providers throughout their entire professional career.
Goals and Objectives
- To provide each student with high quality didactic and laboratory coursework that
incorporates contemporary knowledge in athletic training.
- To provide each student with supervised clinical experiences in a variety of settings
with preceptors who are committed to student development and who serve as role models
of professional involvement.
- To develop appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities in the student to prepare her/him
for employment or post-baccalaureate education.
- To develop written and verbal communication skills in each student.
- To promote professional and ethical conduct in the student at all times.
- To foster reflective, evidence-based practice in each student.
- To foster an appreciation of athletic training as a health care profession in the
student.
- To establish the importance of continuing education and professional involvement in
the student.
- To assist the student in gaining employment or entrance into post-baccalaureate study.
