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First Attempt
First attempts to form a nation association by a group of athletic tranier's at the Drake Relays in Des Moines in late spring of 1938. As the association was taking place up until 1944 when the United States began to enter into World War II. This caused lack of supporters supporting the association and there was poor communications going on to move the association forward. -
National Athletic Traniers' Association
NATA was founded and the first meeting was held as NATA. The first Athtletic Trainers Clinic came about in Kansas City, Missouri. It was from this that NATA began to emerge. With the help of the Cramer Chemcial Company, they sponsored and financially supported NATA helping them grow without any financial worries. -
Journal of the National Athletic Traniers' Association
This was the first publication of the Journal of the National Athletic Trainers' Association which later became known as the Journal of Athletic Training. This was the first publication of a scholared journal. Since then it has become one of the top 10 sports medicine journal in the United States. It is used by students, teachers, professionals, and libraries as guide to gain long-term exposure. It was under Willam E. Newell's tenured that this jornal was published. -
Code of Ethics
It was in 1951 that the NATA formed its constitution and by-laws. It was not until 6 years later that they came up with the Code of Ethics. The code of ethics is to make members aware of their ethical behavior that should be followed. The codes are always reviewed and renewed constantly because under certain circumstances. -
Undergraduate Curriculum
After taking almost 4 years, this was the first undergraduate curriculum that was approved by NATA in 1959. This model of the curriculum was mainly on prerequisite courses for the admission into physical therapy and teaching physical educaton. It was not officially recognized by NATA until 10 years later in 1969. With differences to separate such as that from student to professional in the model, it is continuing to change as the years pass. -
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation
Under the leadership if Rober Behnk, there was a recommendation to pursue the accreditation of athletic training education programs by CAHEA in 1987. It was not until a year later that the Board of Directors authroized the seeking of accreditation through CAHEA. This gave benefits of standarized education program requirements and external peer review that are highly reguared. -
Board of Certification
The first certification process was introduced in 1968. It was during this time that NATA allowed those qualified with experience apply for active membership which later leads to certification by the grandfather clause. Because athletic training was moving away from physical therapy education wise, the Board of Certification came into the picture. They provided a program where they must continue their education as an athletic trainer to become a BOC certified athletic trainer. -
Health Profressional
After going through 40 years of practice, athletic training hit a milstone. The American Medical Association finally recognized it as an allied health professional. This gave athletic trainers a credibility of profession. Because of this the education of athletic training will soon change, once again. Athletic Trainers would work under a licensed physician, health care professionals, -
Women in Athletic Training
Women's history with athletic training didn't start til the late 19th century. The first women to take the exam was Sherry Bagagian in 1972. Then in 1992 NATA chose its first women as its excutive director. After that the Women in Athletic Training Task Force. There are now more than 30,000 memberships. And as of December 2007, half of them were women. -
Second Major Policy Change
This change was by NATABOC. This was a significant step towards the standardizatoin of education requirements for certified athletic trainers. It was not until after several tries that the NATABOC established this new change. This said that all candiates must posses a baccalaureate degree and have completed CCAHEP entery level athletic training education program.
