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Angela Mickle, PhD, ATC

Angela Mickle, PhD, ATC

Angela Mickle has served as a member of the athletic training faculty at Radford University since 2001. She is teaches a wide variety of courses in the Athletic Training program and has developed an interprofessional curriculum in psychosocial interventions. Her primary areas of interest are acute and chronic pain management, organization and administration and team based learning.

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  • A Module for Developing Psychosocial Crisis Intervention Skills in Athletic Training Students
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    The area of psychosocial intervention and referral in athletic training is especially problematic for both athletic training educators and their students. Recent consensus statements have detailed the importance of emergent mental health referrals in both high school and collegiate settings. However, research suggests that athletic trainers are comfortable knowing when to refer but are not comfortable with the actual act of approaching an athlete for referral. Teaching these skills with appropriate practical follow-up is difficult because there are, understandably, limited practice opportunities for student skill development in the clinical setting. In order to be effective…