{"id":59449,"date":"2021-04-23T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59449"},"modified":"2021-04-23T08:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:37:44","slug":"fhsu-adding-a-masters-in-athletic-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59449","title":{"rendered":"FHSU adding a master\u2019s in athletic training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a lengthy approval process, Fort Hays State University will begin offering a master of science in athletic training degree this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU received\naccreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training\nEducation (CAATE) in March, and enrollment is now open for the first cohort of\nstudents in the professional graduate program, which will begin June 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State, one of\nonly four athletic training (AT) master\u2019s programs in Kansas currently\naccredited at the graduate level, began making plans for the transition when\nthe CAATE announced it would begin requiring a master\u2019s degree for eligibility\nto take the Board of Certification exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students receiving a\ngraduate degree in athletic training will develop competencies (knowledge and\nskills) in the five domains of athletic training defined by the Board of\nCertification (BOC) Practice Analysis. Upon graduation, they are eligible for\ncertification by the BOC and licensure by the Kansas\nState Board of Healing Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some institutions opted to\nphase out their AT program rather than make the transition, but Fort Hays State\nbegan moving forward with steps to develop the master\u2019s level program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe felt our program was\nstrong enough to get the resources needed to continue our history of teaching athletic\ntrainers,\u201d said Dr. David Fitzhugh, director of FHSU\u2019s athletic training\nprogram and an associate professor in the Department of Health and Human\nPerformance. \u201cWe already had a strong program at the undergraduate level, and\nmoving to a master\u2019s has a lot of pros.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State upgraded\nits curriculum to meet the master\u2019s level standards and created a lab space for\nthe AT program. The program will feature both excellence and uniqueness,\nFitzhugh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU will begin a\nmuscular-skeletal diagnostic ultrasound class, an intra-professional course\nwith the diagnostic ultrasound students in the Department of Allied Health. The\nAT students also will get to work with a new therapeutic laser used to treat\npain and inflammatory conditions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new CAATE standards\nrequire institutions to employ three full-time faculty who are dedicated\nspecifically for teaching in the AT master\u2019s program. Joining current FHSU\nfaculty members Fitzhugh and Jason Graham will be Dr. Jeffrey Bonacci, who\ndeveloped a graduate athletic training program at the University of Arkansas\nmore than 20 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitzhugh, in his 14th year\nat FHSU, is looking forward to the transition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis profession has so\nmany options, and more than 70 percent of all athletic trainers have a graduate\ndegree,\u201d he said, \u201cso we are really pleased that we will be offering this\nmaster\u2019s degree at Fort Hays State.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides the traditional\nathletic training careers with athletic teams and school settings, there are\nnumerous other professional options for AT graduates, including orthopedic\nclinics and hospitals, law enforcement and military, occupational and\nindustrial settings, and even the performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last cohort of\nstudents to enroll in the current bachelor\u2019s AT program at FHSU was the fall\n2018 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students can still work on\na bachelor\u2019s program under the new model by enrolling in a pre-professional\nprogram and majoring in health and human performance within the sport and\nexercise therapy concentration. After earning their bachelor\u2019s degree and\nmeeting admission standards, students can easily apply and get into the\nmaster\u2019s AT program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Fort\nHays State\u2019s AT program, visit https:\/\/www.fhsu.edu\/hhp\/ms-in-athletic-training.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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