Program Core Values and Goals

Core Values

The University of Arkansas MAT Program believes that ATs are healthcare professionals that:

  • Are important members of the healthcare system who practice collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and to the fullest scope of practice
  • Use innovative and evidence-informed practices that enhance patient/client health-related quality of life
  • Are patient-centered practitioners who are respectful of diversity and who practice with integrity
  • Are service oriented and endeavor to make the profession and healthcare system better through actions and advocacy
  • Are self-regulated clinicians that strive for continued growth and use quality improvement practices to improve care quality

Program Goals

To enact our beliefs, the University of Arkansas MAT Program:

  • Prepares students for entry into the profession that can use evidence and employ clinical reasoning skills to solve complex clinical problems and maximize patient outcomes
  • Provides an inclusive environment for all students and preceptors that strives to help each student develop as clinicians that embody the Core Competencies into their practice
  • Fosters student professional identity formation and development of their own philosophy of care
  • Develops leaders in athletic training who can employ practices that assist professional well-being and longevity
  • Uses a diversity of educational strategies to teach students to embrace a growth mindset, act as a professional with integrity and embody a service orientation

Student Outcomes

Upon graduation, students will:

  • Use evidence and employ clinical reasoning skills to solve complex clinical problems to maximize patient outcomes
  • Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to enhance care
  • Practice effective patient-centered care with diverse patient/clients
  • Use principles of quality improvement and informatics to improve care quality
  • Employ practices that assist with professional well-being and longevity
  • Embrace a growth mindset, act as a professional with integrity, and embody a service orientation

Program Outcomes

  • Deliver an athletic training program that includes an inclusive learning environment and culture
  • Use effective teaching and learning principles to deliver an innovative program
  • Provide a high quality clinical education plan