Upon completion of the symposium, participants will be able to:

1. Assess the physical status of the impaired lower extremity.

2. Develop general exercise progression leading to return to a sport/a specific physical activity.
3. Understand the impact of adding dry needling to the practice act for athletic trainers in Arizona.
4. Understand the legislative process in changing a practice act.
5. Identify the changes to clinical practice for athletic trainers in various settings and scenarios.
6. Learn and develop sport-specific treatment plans based on information and techniques learned.
7. Use and apply the type of massage techniques needed to be applied in pre-event massage.

8. Discuss the physiological responses to dry needling at the local, segmental and systemic levels

9. Identify appropriate patients for dry needling, including identifying contraindications, precautions and indications

10. Understand and describe safety issues when dry needling
    
11. Understand how female athletes’ physiology impacts training and recovery.
12. Review why eumenorrhea is important and how it is impacted by training and nutrition.
13. Discern the impact of oral contraceptives on nutrient status and health.
14. Apply strategies to help your athletes replenish nutrients essential for energy, recovery, and immunity.
15. Identify the organizational factors that can contribute negatively or positively to one’s mental health and wellness.
16. Discuss gender differences among perceptions of stress, management strategies, and implications on health, wellness, and work life balance.
17. Examine the individual aspects to mental health and wellness and how they contribute increased levels of stress.
18. Pinpoint possible strategies for individuals in their own systems to help mitigate the negative impact that work and life stress can have on the individual to decrease role overload/burnout and enhance patient care and overall well-being of the athletic trainer.
19. Describe contemporary evidence that has led to a gap in the 2014 concussion position statement.
20. Discuss elements of the position statement that will be updated.
21. Identify areas where ATs can improve their own concussion policy.
22. Understand terminology as it relates to transgender patients and health care.
23. Identify health care challenges that transgender patients face.
24. Evaluate health care practices in patient settings for inclusion.
25. Identify differences between non-trauma center emergency services and designated/verified adult trauma centers and capabilities of definitive treatment.
    

26. Identify the difference between Pediatric versus Adult Trauma Centers

27. Identify and understand the Pediatric resources available at a Pediatric specific center
    

28. Describe the role of the CAATE as the educational accreditor in defining and advancing the clinical practice of athletic training.

29. Highlight specific professional standards that were implemented to advance the future practice of athletic training.

30. Describe the eight areas of specialty practice defined by the CAATE and the role of residency and fellowship training to create specialists and sub-specialists, respectively.
    

31. Understand the pathophysiology of common joint dislocations that occurs in athletes.

32. Practice common on field reduction techniques

33. Determine which dislocations should be handled on the field or in the emergency room
    

34. Identify and review the types, styles, and features of multiple brands of automated external defibrillators

35. Identify and review battery and pad types, manufacture dates, expiration dates, usage guidelines

36. Identify legal considerations and requirement related to AEDs

37. Review maintenance and post-use procedures
    

38. Identify strategies to develop and maintain successful student and student-aide engagement

39. Discuss the requirements and recommendations to develop and maintain preceptor relationships

40. Review career and technical education (CTE) requirements and strategies

41. Review HOSA-Future Health Professionals requirements and strategies
    

42. Describe what RED-s is, be able to recognize if an athlete is under fueling and create a plan for what the right steps to take to help them reach their performance goals, including finding creative fueling sources.
    

43. Review the purpose and composition of the AIA SMAC

44. List key initiatives of the AIA SMAC for 2021-2022
    

45. Describe the cardiac manifestations of COVID-19

46. Describe the reasons for both short term and more long term sports restriction after COVID-19 infection.

47. Identify various EMR systems available to athletic trainers and describe major benefits and drawbacks of each system

48. Explain components of appropriate documentation for athletic trainers as healthcare providers, and discuss barriers and solutions
    

49. Illustrate the utility of ultrasound-guided interventions for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

50. Describe the rapidly evolving field of "biologics" and "regenerative medicine."

51. Evaluate the appropriate use of ultrasound-guided interventions.

52. Discuss various nutrition strategies, including protein, carbohydrates, hydration and supplementation to support recovery post training.

53. Identify strategies to support good sleep hygiene

54. Describe how understanding and tracking internal and external load can impact training and recovery.

55. Identify effective nutritional therapeutic options for concussion outside of the historical norms of physical and neurological and incorporating the importance of metabolic insult management aka inflammation and barrier management.

56. Describe “pre-treatment” as a 1st step towards addressing post concussion syndrome

57. Identify at-home/immediate therapies that can decrease the probability of long term illness in relation to PCS