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President's Message:
August 17, 2021
I hope all is well with each of you! After a brief recess your ALATA leadership is back and hard at work making our profession better in Alabama and serving you.
Our major projects recently have been creating a few new committees: The Early Career Professional Committee (ECPC) for Athletic Trainers who have been certified for less than 6 years, and the Career Advancement Committee (CAC) for ATs who have been certified for 7-12 years. If you fall into either of these criteria and would like to be involved, contact us and we will find the best fit for you!
We are also in the planning stages of our annual Clinical Symposium and Members Meeting. If you have not yet completed our survey the link is below. We are using this survey to best address the wants and needs of our members. The survey will close on August 31, 2021, at midnight.
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Your President,
2021 ALATA CSMM in Gulf Shores CEUs:
Everyone who attended the CSMM in person or virtually would have gotten an email with links to the recordings and surveys to complete to get their CEU Certificates. These emails go to the email that was used in the registration process. Some of these emails were lost in “junk” folders or quarantined by institutional firewalls. If you did not receive this email on June 8th or it’s follow-up on July 26th, please contact me directly at president@alathletictrainers.org. I will then forward you to the appropriate individuals to help get you your CEU certificates.
ALATA Sponsors:
Our ALATA initiatives throughout the year would not be possible if not for the outstanding sponsors and business partners that we have. We would like to extend our greatest appreciation to the following donors and sponsors who have made the educational aspect of this year’s CSMM possible:
The Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers
The Southeast Athletic Trainers Association
Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics
The American Sports Medicine Institute
Henry Schein – Medical Sports Medicine
Gatorade
Encore Rehabilitation
DonJoy / Caliber Medical Solutions
Medco Sports Medicine / Performance Health
BODY ARMOR
HYPERICE
TherapySouth At Work
The Jacksonville State University Athletic Training Program
The University of West Alabama Athletic Training Program
Mueller Sports Medicine
Southlake Orthopedics – Sports Medicine and Spine Center
BIOLYTE
For more information regarding or to contact any of our sponsors please visit our webpage at www.alathletictrainers.org.
Want to Get Involved?
ALATA is GROWING! With this growth we have multiple ways for members to get involved and serve. While our committees are mostly full currently if you are interested in serving ALATA in any capacity, please reply to this email, or contact President Kyle Southall at president@alathletictrainers.org. We will find a way for you to be involved and grow in the association. There is typically a significant turnover in December/January for additional opportunities also.