Health care decisions are often driven by data. Athletic training is no different and the time has come for ATs to demonstrate value in settings to develop growth of a sports medicine program. This session will demonstrate proven ways to collect and provide data to important stakeholders in your pursuit for growth. Sports injury surveillance in secondary schools has been ongoing for decades and ATs have been essential contributors to these efforts. Surveillance programs have led to a variety of injury prevention efforts to reduce the risk of sports-related injuries in secondary schools. This session will discuss what data are…

Healthcare decisions are often driven by data. Until recently, Athletic Training has lagged in demonstrating value, however, in a world of finite resources, it is imperative that ATs demonstrate value for position creation, sustainability, and improvement. In this presentation, ATs will be shown ways to demonstrate value through data collection and potential cost savings. This demonstration of value is important for stakeholders in order to support the sports medicine program. Using a secondary school setting as an example, the presenter will demonstrate methods that can be used across all settings to validate AT Value.