If you are interested in the Allied Health
profession, majoring in athletic training at the University
of Delaware could be your key to an exciting career as
an athletic trainer, physical therapist, physician, physician
assistant, and/or educator, to name a few.
The Athletic Training Education Program
(ATEP) provides majors with skills in the prevention,
evaluation,
management, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. The
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) accredits
the program recognized as one of the premier programs in
the country. Students completing the major requirements
are eligible to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination
for athletic trainers.
Graduates can use their entry-level skills
to work as certified athletic trainers (ATC) in high schools,
colleges and universities, sports medicine clinics, industrial
settings, and professional sports teams. Opportunities
for
graduate (masters or doctoral) studies in athletic training
or other allied health careers are also options for graduates
from the Athletic Training Education Program. Others have
utilized their undergraduate degrees and continued their
education,
and
currently work
as educators
in athletic training, teachers, physical therapists, physicians,
physician assistants and chiropractors throughout the
nation.
