Mission and Student Learning Outcomes

Master of Athletic Training program mission:

The Master of Athletic Training program prepares students to become certified athletic trainers and function as health care providers within an evolving health care delivery system.

The program fulfills this mission by:

• Providing a challenging, multifaceted academic curriculum.
• Embracing the university’s public affairs mission and three broad pillars: ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement.
• Providing highly engaging athletic training experiences in local and global communities.

Core principles

Our core principles are used to shape the program and guide the decisions and actions of our faculty, preceptors and students.

• Professionalism
• Lifelong learning
• Advocacy

MAT student learning outcomes

Goals	Objectives
1. Students will gain employment as an AT.	1A. Recent graduates will demonstrate characteristics desired by employers. 1B. Graduates will obtain employment as athletic trainers or enrollment in post-professional education. 1C. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice independently as AT within an evolving health care delivery system.   1D. Admitted students will be retained.   1E. Admitted students will graduate on time.
2. Students will participate in a challenging, multifaceted academic curriculum.	2A. Students will evaluate program content as above average.   2B. Students will evaluate each instructor within the AT curriculum as above average.   2C. Students will evaluate the overall curriculum as above average.   2D. Students will evaluate each preceptor and clinical site as above average.   2E. Students will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities on all didactic assessments of course objectives and/or curricular content standards.   2F. Students will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities on all clinical assessments of curricular content standards.   2G. Students will pass the Board of Certification (BOC) Examination.   2H Students will design, complete, and present a research project.
3. Students will embrace the university’s public affairs mission and demonstrate the three broad pillars.	3A. Students will demonstrate ethical leadership, community engagement, and cultural competency.   3B Students will demonstrate professional practice.   3C. Alumni will demonstrate ethical leadership, community engagement, cultural competency and professional practice.
4. Students will participate in highly engaging athletic training experiences in local and global communities.	4A. Students will experience a variety of clinical settings.   4B Students will indicate their clinical experiences are of high quality.   4C. Students will document a variety of engaging experiences in their professional development activities.