How To Become an Athletic Trainer

TROY's Athletic Training program provides students with the clinical experience and skills necessary for such a fast-paced field.

TROY's Athletic Training program provides students with the clinical experience and skills necessary for such a fast-paced field.

If you’re wondering how to become an athletic trainer, one of the most important things you need to know is that the path has changed. While a bachelor’s degree in athletic training used to be sufficient to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) exam and become a certified athletic trainer, by 2025, that will…

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Simulation provides nursing, athletic training students with crisis response experience

TROY nursing and athletic training students worked together last week during a simulated crisis situation.

TROY nursing and athletic training students worked together last week during a simulated crisis situation.

Students from Troy University’s School of Nursing and Athletic Training program took part in a casualty simulation recently to help them become better prepared for crisis situations they could encounter in the field of health care.

The simulation, which took place on the intramural fields, utilized the scenario of a bleacher collapse during a recreational…

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National honor society traces roots to TROY

Iota Tau Alpha, a national honor society with 4,600 members and more than 100 chapters, sprouted from an idea at Troy University a decade ago.

Iota Tau Alpha, a national honor society with 4,600 members and more than 100 chapters, sprouted from an idea at Troy University a decade ago.

A national honor society with 4,600 members and more than 100 chapters sprouted from an idea at Troy University a decade ago.

Iota Tau Alpha, the nation’s only professional honor society for students pursuing a degree in athletic training, formed in 2005 at TROY, the brainchild of John “Doc” Anderson, professor emeritus and the University’s…

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Athletic Training legend “Doc” Anderson named to national hall of fame

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John "Doc" Anderson, athletic training professor emeritus, assists during a track and field event.

A former Troy University coach and head athletic trainer has been chosen to be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame.

John “Doc” Anderson, professor emeritus, received a call with the news on Monday, Feb. 6, that he almost didn’t answer.

“I looked at the area code, and I thought it…

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