Pre-Athletic Training Track
The Professional Athletic Training Program at Union
University offers to its students an academic environment
that fuses the elements of sports medicine and the dynamics
of intercollegiate athletics with the values of Christian higher
education. The Professional Athletic Training Program is
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic
Training Education (CAATE) and consists of a three year,
sequential cohort education process that demands didactic
and clinical involvement. Upon completion, the student will
be eligible for certification, credentialing, and licensure via the
Board of Certification and state medical boards that require
licensure for certified athletic trainers to meet the standards of
state practice or title protection acts.
The mission of Union's Athletic Training Education Program is to challenge its students to become highly effective allied health care professionals and leaders in the Christian community, incorporating both professional and spiritual growth in their life plans. Union incorporates into the foundation of education the equally important components of being Christ centered, people focused, excellence driven and future directed. The 51社区 athletic training student will study in a Christ centered atmosphere that challenges students to develop spiritually and intellectually so they can serve professionally in their community as Certified Athletic Trainers and become spiritual leaders in the church. 51社区's athletic training students are exposed to a dynamic scholastic environment that fuses the medical sciences with Christian faith, ethics and accountability in a variety of clinical settings including intercollegiate athletics, high school athletics, orthopedic, physical therapy and general medicine venues, and other allied health care communities.