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- The Athlete Training residency program was developed
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to help bring another section of training that's possible
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for athletic trainers.
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This is a new program that's been probably
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the last 10 years, taking on two sides of care.
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Number one, being a caregiver inside the office
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and teaching them how to be the equivalent
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of a physician assistant, but from the more
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of a sports trained musculoskeletal perspective,
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but also having them in the operator room.
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- Overall, the goals of our program
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are to improve those musculoskeletal evaluation skills
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so that our residents can go
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and contribute to a physician practice
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and be an athletic trainer and physician extender.
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Really just work side by side with another physician
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and be able to help improve that efficiency
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and really it just helps their confidence itself as well.
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We've had many come through that have said that
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no matter how many years they were in practice
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before they actually came through our program,
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that it was the one year with us, the 52 weeks with us
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that truly made the difference.
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- The residents will experience a lot of new pathologies,
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new injuries, new patient experience
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that they wouldn't necessarily get being on the sidelines
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at any sporting event.
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There's a reason why orthopedics
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is a five year program, plus a fellowship.
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There's a lot to learn in it.
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The athletic training residencies,
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even though it's just one year,
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you get a good experience into the orthopedic world
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outside of sports medicine and rehab.
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- The things that drew me to this program
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were the family environment.
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When I came here in my interview, you could tell
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that everyone was best friends,
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that everyone got along really great,
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and I just felt like a family member.
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Something that gravitated me towards this program
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was the hands-on.
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You get a lot of experience in the OR
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and you get a lot of experience in clinic
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and you get to rotate with different surgeons,
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which I thought was a great experience for me
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because you get to see different avenues
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of what it could be like in the clinic or in the OR.
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Now being on the faculty side of things,
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I really enjoy being a preceptor for
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our new ethic training residents, teaching them
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and watching them grow is probably the best part.
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- What drew me to Prisma Health
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was just the people that I met.
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Everyone that I interviewed with was amazing.
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They were super knowledgeable about athletic training,
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the area in general, I love the warm weather,
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and I'm also a big fan of water.
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I love the lake, I love the river.
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I love how it's close to the beach
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and everything is very centralized and localized here.
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What I really like about this program too
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is that you get this instant feedback.
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So I can go into a room, perform an evaluation on a patient,
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and then come out, present it to the orthopedic physician,
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and he'll either be like, yes, I agree,
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or no, like this is why I don't agree,
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and I become a better athletic trainer for that.
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- There were several things that stood out
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about this program,
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particularly you have that CAATE accreditation,
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so that's going to give you a standard of learning
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and research that other places don't always provide.
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Prisma as a whole is a teaching facility,
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so everyone that you encounter is willing
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and excited to teach you of all levels of all positions.
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They're connected to USC,
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so you see a lot of different athletes of all levels.
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You get to work alongside their medical students.
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The main reason I chose this program were the people.
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From the first phone call,
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I felt like I was being invited into a family.
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They're very close knit.
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They're invested in each other,
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they're invested in the program,
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and they're invested in you.
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- Athletic training residency definitely opens up
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more opportunities when they spend a lot of time working
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with other surgeons, going to conferences
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where they have the opportunity to meet
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and engage with other employers
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and other physicians that they may have
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the opportunity to work with.
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- It's like an amazing learning environment.
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You are there to learn.
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People are teaching you all the time,
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and it's setting you up by letting you learn hands on.
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Like being able to go in, do an evaluation,
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putting hands on the patient.
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To me, that sets me up for the future
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because this is what I want to do.
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- So one piece of advice I would give someone looking
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for an athletic training residency
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would be to really research what each one offers.
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With hours in particular,
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I like the fact that we're heavily in the OR
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and we're very hands on.
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- Advice that I would give to an athletic trainer
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that is considering a residency program,
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I would say just know kind of ahead of time
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what you're looking for for your future.
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Is the OR something that's going to be important to you?
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Is clinic going to be more important to you?
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And then once you find your home, just be a sponge.
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The doctors that you learn from are some
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of the most incredible human beings that you will ever meet,
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and you just have to be able to take in everything
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that they tell you and learn from it
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and it's an amazing experience.
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You know, you can read from a textbook
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or watch PowerPoints all that you want,
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but learning from physicians
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is something that really is special.
