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