Working With Transgender Student-Athletes in Women's Collegiate Athletics: A Clinician's Perspective

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This presentation is a replay from NATA 2022 in Philadelphia, offering a second chance to experience the event's valuable content and insights.


Abstract:
As more transgender student-athletes prepare to enter collegiate athletics, it is vital that athletic trainers understand the necessary steps they must take as a healthcare provider for transgender student-athletes. This presentation will focus on the stories of two transgender student-athletes at a women´s college: a pre-op transman and a pre/post-op transwoman. The purpose of this presentation is to give athletic trainers an outline of possible steps needed to help transgender student-athletes safely participate in athletics, and advocate within the athletic department on their behalf. Both student-athletes were consulted throughout the development of the presentation and consented to their stories being shared for educational purposes. Encore Presentation from NATA 2022 Convention.

Objectives:

  • Create an environment of inclusivity and respect in their athletic training facility/clinic for transgender student-athletes., 
  • Describe the role of the athletic trainer as an advocate for transgender student-athletes., 
  • Summarize the steps to take to help transgender athletes safely participate in sports., 
  • Identify possible campus resources for transgender student-athletes., 
  • Integrate best practices in providing equitable healthcare to transgender patients.

Level:
Essential

Domains:
Domain 1: Risk Reduction Wellness and Health Literacy
Domain 2: Assessment Evaluation and Diagnosis

CEUs:
1.0 Category A

Keywords: transgender, student-athlete, patient, advocate, DEIA, equitable healthcare

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Courses registered for after February 5, 2025, must be completed by December 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CST.
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Devon Serrano, DAT, ATC, NREMT

Devon Serrano, DAT, ATC, NREMT is Director of Sports Medicine and is responsible for all of the College's ten NCAA varsity teams and two competitive equestrian programs. 

Serrano came to Sweet Briar most recently from Columbus, Ga. where she worked through Auburn University as a fellow of the Warrior Athletic Training program at Fort Benning. She worked as the athletic trainer for soldiers in basic training for the United States Army at the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment. Prior to Fort Benning, Serrano worked as a contract athletic trainer at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. She worked as the athletic trainer with the women’s volleyball team and assisted with football, softball and women’s basketball for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Directly after graduating from Bloomsburg, Serrano completed an internship with South Lake Hospital in Clarmont, Fla.. She served as an athletic trainer at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort. In addition to her clinical responsibly at Sweet Briar, Serrano serves as the Athletic Department’s Title IX Educator and Representative. Currently she serves as an Escalation Workshop Facilitator and ambassador for the One Love Foundation.

Serrano is a Red Cross certified instructor for First Aid, CPR, AED and Lifeguarding. She is educated in various aspects of manual therapy including Maitland, Muscle Energy, Mulligan’s and Mobilization with Movement. She is also a Graston and Myofasical Decompression provider. Serrano has been involved in emergency medical services since 2007, serving as an emergency medical technician in New York state from 2010 to 2017. She currently holds certification as an Emergency Medical Technician for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Serrano holds specializations in Women’s Fitness and Golf Fitness from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is credentialed as an ImPACT trained athletic trainer through ImPACT Applications and holds a certification in Mental Health First Aid for Adults and Youth as well as Assisting Individuals in Crisis.

Serrano currently serves as a preceptor for the Athletic Training Education programs at Lynchburg College, Liberty University and Longwood University. She is also a member of the Public Relations Committee for the Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association and a contributing author for the Board of Certification official blog.

Her research Interests include women’s health and physical well-being, mental health, concussions and equestrian athletic care. Currently, Serrano is working on two practice-based research projects focused on equestrian athlete care.

Originally from New York, Serrano completed in her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Science from SUNY Cortland in 2012. She graduated from Bloomsburg University with a Master of Science in Clinical Athletic Training in 2014, having done two rotations with Bucknell University men’s lacrosse and football. Serrano graduated from Indiana State University in 2017 with a Doctorate in Athletic Training as a member of the inaugural cohort for the only CAATE-accredited doctoral program in the country.

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