The program also prepares students for graduate study. Often these internships can lead to full-time employment upon graduation. I helped set up a rookie camp and even sat in on a contract negotiation. The internship helped me decide on a career, too. After college, I went to graduate school and became an athletic program administrator.
Internships are important learning experiences.
Our athletic training interns get to experience, first-hand, the full scope of sports medicine. Each senior is put in charge of one college sports team. All athletic training students are considered Pre-Professional during their first two semesters. After satisfactory completion of the Pre-Professional requirements, students are advanced to the Professional Phase of the curriculum, including advanced courses and clinical education internships. The criteria for admission to the Professional phase is available from the Athletic Training faculty.