Innovative education requires courage and leadership. The Leadership Model for Social Change encourages leadership and service to create positive change through an inclusive educational process. This iterative model emphasizes the role of community, group and individual values in the change process and has broad implications for athletic training education. Contemporary educational initiatives emphasize the role of becoming an upstander rather a bystander to promote positive change. Educators in athletic training need to become upstanders rather than bystanders to take control of our future in the healthcare arena. Through strong and focused educational programming, including rigorous clinical application, athletic trainers can become upstanders take a proactive role in…

This presentation will introduce several different ethical decision-making models to help athletic trainers better understand the processes by which they resolve ethical situations. Ethical leadership principles will also be introduced and examined as they relate to ethical decision-making practices in athletic training.

This presentation will uncover the mystery of professional ethics in the athletic training profession by providing a comprehensive overview of definitional, operational, and practical principles and theories inherent in the study of ethics. Specific emphasis will be placed on promoting the discovery and integration of professional ethics throughout one's career.

This presentation will focus on the role personal and professional values have on our ethical decision making processes within the athletic training profession. A comprehensive approach to uncovering personal and professional values that guide our professional behaviors will be the main emphasis of this presentation. Practical situations will be utilized to apply the values construct to ethical dilemmas within the profession.